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' r. vie 3 V. if t v 'v 'l)c rtgon ftrps. w. i iDtuB, sjuitos u rsorsieTus. OBXPOW PITT : 8ATUUDAV, OCTOIiLIl 13, 1855. Agents for thi Aryiu. J. It. McIJttlUE, Lafayette. V A. llKED, AWim. MflaUAN Ul'DOLFII, Suhlimiti. XV h. Harlow, Mulalla. II. C. IUvmoxd, 'offil Croi-e. )R. iMns, Dloomingtan, YlkXt W, Bhow., C'ireiiUii. Axos ILtiviir, Hum Wiry. Solomon Atr.Kff, W'y. J. E. Li., '. Joil.1 McKlWUv", Cuhipmiia. IUv. Wilsom Hlaiji, ' Vf. L A. ltica, Jadimmvitle. II. llAMRIS, Cincinnati. SvWit 8xr.Lt.tKO, ', C'f. Jn. H. Thkstox, ir.7 Co. H. A. N. l'HEI.PS, Galeshury, III. Law Concerning Newspapers. XT If saherribow order lhi ducoiitinuiinca of thetr papon, Ihe pubhalier may continue lo send . them unlit all arretrat't art fMi'J. (jr If subscribers nrijlrcl or refuse lo lake Ihcir fnwn from Ilia pest otU.r, or oilier place, Ui wlncli tliey are sent, they are held responsible until tliey villa all arrearages, ehould Ihara be any. tT If mliat'rilwn remove Xo oilier places, wilh out informing Ilia publisher, ami Ilia pe-r in arul (o lha former direction, they are held reionib!e. tT II ia ae anfficirnl fur a rt master, when a tsjfwr a aui taken out of hi) olhce, lo return one wilb "not Uk-o out" rlten on Ilia margin, but lie muet write a letter to the juU slier, giving the name and post-office, and statinf that the piiurr ia not taken from lha office. Otherwise the puet maateria hold responsible. WM raltkci the lallaaa with Llquorl Th blull buck of our residence have been made vocal with howls, yell, and a jnrgon of English and Iii'ltiiri blusphf my, on ioverul nighta during tho past week. King Alcohol la now in (he habit of making freijuent nightly vUita to I lie abode's of (he poor aarngca, atirring tip bnttvli, and turn ing tho palucca of the "s.ilmon catoni" into perfect bedlnma. In their drunken nprcca, tho Wuakcr part of them arc often compelled to flea in nil directions for aafety. On last Sunday eiyht, at about 0 o'clock, wo found nn Indian with a doublo-laraled rille in bund making his bed under cover of our tublc. Ho told ui that llw Indiaui were frantic on ''luin," mid he had been com pelled to flee the roost. On the fmiiic night two other Indiana stood for neit'ly on hour within R few rods of our preini-u-', belching forth llenioit horrid oathtnnd beslhd ob- acunity.llirciuUiiiiii each other with nil oorta of tortures, and Acting very much as other drunken men do under slmil.ir provucatioii: ... . ai some oi inoir rum loiiiiieaiions I lie iiulr ittnws ham U'eu so auterely belabored that they have made the gloom of miduight hid eous wilb their unearthly moans andlirick, CHUting the hearU of oil sympathetic people to inroo Willi auguisli," within lienrmg (liatnnce. On one or two oecnsiutis the poor wretches, liko Jack and 3 ill, have "come tumbling down the hill," and be-.g. d permission to craw I under our bonne, in or dor to hide tlicuiaolvcj from their murder oua abusers. Now It so happens that all ilieo drunken revels lako place in the uiu'lil. And we are inclined to believe, (although wo are not geuerally very Vury" about Indiana,) that there is actually danger of a dt-ntmotion of life or properly nniong tho wln'U', from thoae liquor-iiifurintedsvng. Who knows but that on loruo liieklecs night, in passing about our city, he may blunder against some drunken wretch, who, through madness or through a mistake may gently insinuate his knife between tho ribs of him n afoul of him) We saw a drunken Indian brandishing his knife at one of his comrades ou lost Sunday night, and we know of no good reason hy he might not brandish it at the first nun ho fell In iih. In view of all those cils the question aiues, what is U be dono I Shull amioty be protected io hor rights or not I Our private opinion is, that as thine Indians are intruders, having Como here from Klamath and other sections of the country fur distant, aua as wey are n public nuiianco, they ought be removed by iltP I,,,);,,,, Agent b:u k to their own country. We ,all venture this opinion for the present, in which we iah to be uudersUKMl as positively dogmat ical, and await further action from the In dian Agent, hn he returns. In the mean time, while the Indians aro allowed to re main, what shall bo done will, the seouti !rela who furnUh them idi the limiorl- aii i aaysone, ' cHtv!iins joes bef.ire hanir- e, imieeu but are vou nreimiw.l ii to say that "banging -oubIu . follow i i caicuing r w hat other nuuishminl suf. fieiently eonJ ign could b, inllieted upon the i 'l'8 h " by far lU !pwtm the end' ' rr:? h, h. of,;ji;u co,mt Ju pnt in fighting pusillanimous law, and at the risk of iho ,H.ce and oni-i ! of ourcily.andat the periUf the savriHcet. ..f k in. ,. .! IS v. "Miuan m, win sneak Pit into some by I way, or rear yard, d tK.rw fi)f ,. h i wnstuvration, a fcw v uU . U old withered, filiLy s-itiaw f a-rt !ro3 lu. . Kuril A rAUi, . s ,,n," wwm, il lm mjver fert, the ei.retn, pr,,v. An I nrter .n'i,. ' oi our duett, foil xi,lim, , lw ,. n , cas of the ,au;, r,l,:;t a . . . im' probally he ufllciently aroused to tuke iorncst.ps toward. searching out the hiding places of these Indian liquor men...-. Ilw beautifully wo could cure tho whole turn iyi.u.....v . cpupiooi oxen, uuu iiiwiuiug r " "ov- evil by the enforcement of a P'lln8iJcrably, The team was hauling goods law. "Th's V Aduma haa npcstedly aaserted thai tin- KUlenau hua advricaled the hceiMing of houxi of prostitution. It ia unnecessary loauy thai il ia base ly falae, and that W. L. Adama know it lobe ao-tliat he basely, maliciously, and mean in duinir it. because we did not rousiiler Ilia lies of sufficient confluence to cull fr a dcniuL" VonaUu nwitman. It seems, then, that the young man, con trary to tho expectations aud desire of bis friends, has bud the temerity to coolly and unblushingly call our statement in question, at lent. Tho "assertion" to which ho al ludes as baicly false, it will be recollected, wo made juit twenty-one wekt ayo to-day, and was, that tho Corvallis Stutesman "open ly advocates the licensing of brothels, by the public authorities, ns a belter safeguard of virtue than tho interdiction of such es tablishments by law." It seems, as we ex pected, that the fact of this doctrine ever having been committed to print had entire ly escaped tho memory of thono who con trol that organ. That thoso were their jiriiteiphi they were well aware, but that, in an evil mid unguarded hour, they had, un der the maddening influenco of animalism, darud to put in type and send their princi ples abroad to bo scrutinized and remember ed by a c'vilizcd community ,thcy did not just then recollect to have done. Consequently no denial was thought expedient until they hud taken sufficient timo to carefully look over the old file of the Statesman, and tee whether, in their greenness, they had ever ultcrrd their honest sentiments. Tho her cutcim tihk of "rummaging" over tho old Statesman file has consumed just twenty times the period in which it took to "make the world and all things that are therein," and not having been ablo to what we charged upon them, and hoping that uo hody cle had a "file," tho editor at the end of ticaitg wetlct feels sufficiently assured to muko the statement as above. Tho young man knows very w;ell that we "hardly over" make a statement unless it be trim, but he seems to have come to tho conclusion that nt this late duto wo nre probably without iho nruvf. l!ut hero it is : 'The la.v may any that Ihere shall be no houses of ill-fnmr, but Ihls dors not nuke it so, even in the olileit Sl.itcs, whore tho police is urganizrd in the muni efficient muiincr. The statistics show th.it lliore is more crime from this course iu Hus ton, w lierr the law is most sevore, than iu Hew Or lea in or Oregon, where there is little or no law on We suliji'cl. And, hi the (icrman States, where they art imliluliitni of legal lice nut and recala- tinil. fl'lJMf. ami martll tltmiernru Vntn tkl mit.r it tree limn in fi'Arr of Ike before mentioned (. L'urvallis Statesman. The italics aro our own. What seems to bo tho argument in tho foregoing ! Sim ply that as there is more debauchery in lloston, "where tho law ia most severe," than in New Orleans, "where thcro is little or no law upon tho subject," (a false state ment,) and that as such institutions are 11 cense J in Germany, with far bettor moral re sults than oro produced even in Oregon, "where there is little or no law on the sub ject," (another falso statement,) therefore what! Wiry, of course, if wo wish to bring Orajon up to tho standard of morals in Germany, which gets along so beautiful ly under tho licenso system, instead of hav ing laws as wo now do, "saying littlo or nothing about it," we must adopt the Ger man practice I ! Will the young man deny lliat this is the wholo force of his reasoning I lie brings Germany, with Iter license ivi- tern, In eonryiM as to morality with Oreyon, wiierotii.ro is uo license, and utters the suuaMii" iMseiiood that there is "loss moral legi'iierary" there tjjon hero. Will ho ad mit ihojustnoss of our conclusion J Or will ho deny tint ho was logging for tho substi- mium oi uerman regulations in tdace of our own, nn J take tho other horn of the di lemma, and say that he was trying to show that Oregon laws ought ttlll to "say little or uothing about it," because we have so much more "woru degeneracy" under our prcscul arrangemont than they have in Ger many under tho licenso luw ! Tuko whichever horn of the dilemma you please, you are impaled, and wo now leave you lo writhe in the tilth of your falsehood and debaueherr. Who Wuti IMun, no.,, If you are building a house, please to read the advortisemeut of J. E. Uurford in another column. We doubt not that many people who are now ccilmg would plaster if :, -reawa. tha it costs less to plaster than to ceil. l plastering should cost double what thecei " iuu ine i P al dol,i,r 'd "board " l W W'cvethatihere "more hl.i.ul 1 . n . . . " '"wr lost every J" "S with bed-bug. in Oregon, - ; ' piaster all our frame houses. aiiUi.i.. a...i : ii outside and in. V recommend all of our j friends who want work done io bis line, to "'T. Mr" "UrfurJ for - ' worn, w uich evince, to us that bt " m" not to be a,bv ..r i.: . ... Aeeldrat. A week ajo yosterday afternoon an ox team broko through tho Clackamas bridge, crippling a man severely, nearly killing t . 1 tin iL tvfirrnn trnn, rriund to Starr's I'oint for J. II. Ca- ton, and had proceeded as far ns the second bent, when one of the sills gavo way, precip itating the wagon and most of tho team, to gether with the driver, some twelve or fif teen feet upon tho rocks below. The lead yoke of cattle had got upon the third bent before tho sill gnvo way, anil, as tuo oiners went down, the chain which coupled them broke, and they luckily escaped being dragged down nftor the balance of the team. Mr. Caion, one of the owners of the bridge, informs us that the sill was hemlock, and perfectly rotten. Wo aro not aware that any particular blame attoches to tho keep ers of the bridge for this accident. But ISIackstonc, we believe, informs us that nn ignorance of the existence of a law is no excuse for tho person who has violated it "ns every person is supposed to know the law." We rather think that the law pro ceeds upon pretty much the same principle in cases like the prescul, and "supposes" it to bo the business of thoso who keep toll bridges and ferries to know whether there is any thing "rotten in Denmark." Wo think there is a bridge or two not far from our city which it would be well enough to inspect," before our corporation bos to pay for some man's team, and perhaps a broken leg or neck of tho driver. "A stitch in time saves nine." Verhum sat. r. S. Since writing the above, we nre informed that the owners of Clackamas bridge have repaired tho damages done to the icnm, and paid the mnu who was crip pled $-300 to settle the matter. tlTDt- Evans, of tho U. S. Geological Survey, has returned from the Colville mines. He informs us that there is proba bly nothing in those mines that will pay, un less it be found in the neighborhood of the lakes which form tho outlets of iho rivers of that region. Theso lakes aro genorally lo cated high up in the mountains, in sinks or basins, which have never been prospected, and which are inaccessible with pack ani mals. A man going to prospect this coun try thoroughly, must mnko up his mind to spend the season nt it, and to bo satisfied with whatever luck ho happens to meet. from John Day's River. Severn! miners have just come in, who have been recently engaged in prospecting on the head waters of John Day's river, far up towards the lilue Mountains. They say the "prospect" is excellent for gold, and they should have stayed longer if they had taken out sufficient provisions. They say they intend to return in tho spring. "Wo hope nobody else will start out beforo spring, especially if you are making money very fast at home. HfT Tiade in town seems to bo quite brisk nt present. Our streots are a good deal thronged with teams, in from the country. Wo fear that by reason of our merchants' advertising so much they are drawing a great doal of trade away from Portland. OCT Trinity College, Hartford, at the ro- cent commencement, conferred tho degree of D. D. upon Rov. Thos. F. Scott, Protes tant Episcopal Missionary Dis,hop of this Territory. Vralt Trees. Thoso who intend setting out youn" or. chards and wish fruit trees of tho first quali ty, are referred to the advertisement of Mr. John W . Ladd, in nnother column. SV Tho next term of the Oregon City l'ublio School will commence on tho 22d inst., R. T.LockvvooD, Principal. The Teachers! l.oavrwltoa Meets in Salem on Wednesday next, 1 7th insU II is hoped and expected by all those who feel interested in the cause of education in our young and growing Territory, that mere win be a full attendance of Teachers from all parts of the country. &W We havo been much favored of late by Wm. II. Ostkrman, Esq., Express mes senger of Wells, Fargo k Co., for his prompt deliverance of late papers at our office, at all hours of the day and night, for which he will please accept our thanks. sale oiluZZ Richmond in 18;t2, and shipped durin" that year to Puenos Ay res. The flour is , g0od color, and only a little sour, cousidcrins; it is 23 years old. fT Judjje Rush Elmore, Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, has been removed on grounds ainiil :ir In thrMA assitroed for Gov. lioeder displacement, and Judge Moore, of Alabama, appointed as his successor. The Calaveras Chrxmtle apprehends that 000. me new , which ratvs the foreign miner. 1 1 .... rick. .rum .our to six dollars Mr met,, will , " '"ong the Chinv ... - i men at first, b,t work w. ll in the end. : STARTLING NEWS ! Mai. llallcr Surrounded by the Indians i On Wednesday morning last nn express messenger passed through our city on his way to tho Governor, with the startling in telligence thut Maj. Ilaller with tho troops under his command, about 100 in number, hnd been surronnded by the Indians soino 25 or 30 miles from tho Palls, aud that sev eral of tho troops had beeu killed. Maj. Ilaller's position was upon a hill with ra vines and brush nrouud him. They hud been 48 hours without water. We under stand that Maj. Ilaller calls for a thousand men to assist him. A messenger from tho Maj. managed to get through the Indians in the night, who reached tho lalls lust Mon day evening. From the Standard wo gather some more particulars : The Indians are constantly fi ring upon tho besieged, and several of the troops had been killed. Immediately on the arrival of tho messongcr at the Dulles Lieut. Day prepared to leave for tho soat of war with the remaining forco nt the Dalles, numbering about 130 men. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! From the Portland Standard Extra of Thursday Evening, we copy tho following: Gov. Curry arrived in this city this fore noon on the Jennie Clark, awl remained till 5 P. M. when a requisition from Maj. Rains reached him, calling for volunteer troops to be mustered immediately and sent forward to aid the regulars, wherciipou tho Govern or issued the following proclamation : By the Governor of the Territo ry of Oregon. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas certain Indiana have been guilty of the commission of erimiial oflencef , and havo comhiuoj and are now engaged In Inutilities thut threaten the peaco a ud security of the fronliei settlements, and the chief iu command of tho Military Force of the United States iu tliias district, having made a requisition tijion the Executive of this Territory for a volunteer force to aid in suppressing the attacks of said hostile Iuiliaua I issue this, my proclamation, Calling for eight companies of mount ed volunteers, to remain in force 'until duly dis charged each Company lo ronsist of one Captain, one first Lieut., one second Lieut., four Sergeants, four Corjiorals, and sixty privates. Each Volunteer, if possible to furnish his own horse, arms, and eqirp ments, eaeh Company lo elect its own officers and rendezvous without delay, on Ihe right bank of the Willamette River, opposite Portland, where they will be mustered into service ou reporting to the Adjtilnnt-Genenil of the Territory. The following named Counties are expected to mnko up Hie number of men wanted, and in order tofucililnto operations, tho subjoined named gen tlemen are respectfully requested lo act as enroll ing officers iu their respective counties: Mu!Uiomah County one Company, Sliubriek Nortis ', Clackamas Co. one Company, A. F. Hed ges ; Washington Co. one Coinpuny, W. S. Cald well ) Yamhill Co. one Company, A. J. Henibree ; Marion Co. one Company, L. F. Crover j Talk Co. one Company, Frod. TVsyniire Linn Co. one Company, L. S. llelm j Wasco Co. one Company, 0. Uumuson. The last named company will organize at the Dalles, and report in writing to the Adjudcut-Ccu- eral. Our felluw-eitizons who may be in possession of arms, rifles, muskets, and revolvers, aro most earn estly desired to turn them over to Asst. Quarter Muster General, Albert Ziobor, or his agents, in or der that they may be appraise 1, and supply a defi ciency that is most serionsly experienced. Given under my hand, at Portland, this 11th day of October, A. 1). 1833. By tho Governor : CEO. L. CCRRT. Bk.vj. F. IIabdino, Secretary of the Territory of Origon. We are authorized to state that the Governor is very desiroua to have two or three Companies iu readiness to tako up their march from the place of rendezvous on bunduy morning next. To accom plish this there must be no delay. Il is to be hoped that Multuomah County may be able first to renort I ncr Company complete. Clackamas, Washiuitai and Yamhill nil not bo far behind. We are authorized to state that about 150 etuis. now at Fort Vaucouvcr, will be at the disposal of me governor, which will be furnished to such as cannot procure them cltcwhere. Supplies and ammunition will be in readiness at Portland for the campaign. We have no further news from TTaller'a com mand. The Belle arrived at Vancouver last ere. and returned to theCntcades to-day with upwards of 100 more troops under command of Maj. Rains. YoluMcert Volunteer 11 Those wishing to volunteer, can have their names enrolled at the store of Jno. P. Brooks in Canemah, or at F. S. & A. Hol land's in this ciiy. Capt. A. F. Hedges is the enrolling oflicerfor this county. n . """".O.T., Oct 11, IS03. Gen. M. M. McCarrer, Oregon City . IIeseGe.1 Herewith I forward you acopv of a proclamaUon calling out a volunteer force. You will therefore be prepared to furnish subsistence to the entire command for at least thirtv davs. In the mean time you wjl have ample time' tn p'rocure fur ther Kipplies, i f ,ny additional are required. 1 am, very truly, Tour ob't servant, CKO. L. CCRRT, Governor of Oregon. The A Ita California newspaper establish ment has beeu sold by the Sheriff for ill - it was oouglit by Mr. Vra. F. II, er- Upward of nnn lu,n,I..,.l .1 . . I left San Francisco on th I ..!. c. : . , I ..--. i nuu iei:iv men CM. Walker iu Xicrajn, v-... ... v "" '"J0"1 ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL. Interesting Mews from the States. Tho P. M. S. S. Columbia, Captain Pall, . . . n .i i . .T.,...,..vi.iiinir last. arrived ui i oriinim u.i " - bringing the U. S. Mail. We arc under obligations to Well, FnrgodsCo.,aud to the Pacific PnrcM Company, for lato papers. California. Tho mining nows from all parts of the Sluto is highly encouraging. The olliciul majority of Johnson, for Gov ernor, is C.011. The entire vote polled in thoStato is nhout 07,000-tho largest roto by 10,000 ever cast in the Stnt j. Tho voto on the Prohibitory Liquor Law stood as follows: Yes, 21,801, No, 27,414; majori ty against 6,.r23. ' Tho Sacramento Valley liail-road is pro. grossing with rapidity, and there is every reason to believe that tho work will lo com pleted by the 1st of November. Tho Stnto Agricultural Fair was opened nt Sacramento on the 20th Sept., under au spices of iho moit flattering churacter. Nummary or News from the Hlatea. Kansai.-TIm) news from Kansas is still of an un pleasant nature. Atlastaccquuls, Judge Elmore had announced at a public meeting that he should resist Ihe effi.rts of the Presidrut Iu remove him, on Ihe ground that he has no constitutional authority to do so. The Legislature had constituted itself the electoral college for the choice of officers for Ihe territory, and at lust accounts were convened in joint session for the purpose of electing them. It has alao declared that all officers elected by them shall hold office for the term of six years. The ieuple nre in Ihe highest state of excitement, and it is feared by many, botn mere una nere, mat me upshot of the mailer will be civil war. A mass meeting of l'ree Soilers was held at Law rcnee, Kansas, on the 141b Au;ut, al which over CUO persons were present. Gen. Schuyler presid ed, assisted by the usual number of Vice Presidents and other officers, ritrong resolutions were pawed, denouncing the election ol'the I3lh of March as a great outrage. Resolutions were ulxo passed, thank ing Gov. Itecder for his admirUtru'.iou of the Gu bernatorial duties. The Veajto.NT Election. The State election in Vermont has rrsultrd in the re-election of Gov. Stephen Kojce. The Lrg'slature w.ll b-.- in the hands of the Know-Nothings by a lurge majority. TebRIIILG U.ULttfUD CATASTnoNIK. A terrible railroad catastrojiho hnppcued on Wudursdny, tho 28lh August, on the Cam den and Amboy Railroad, by which between twenty and thirty human beings were hur ried into eternity, nud as many moro were maimed mid otherwise wounded so badly that their recovery is' a mutter of great doubt. Virginia. Sinco the last steamer, the yellow fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth litis been raging with L'rcat violence, and many of their most distinguished citizens have fallen victims to it. Iu New Orleans the fever had comuw hat abated. The uuiiiber of deaths had reached as hi'h as four hundred a week. Gut this is trifling when compared with that of Nor folk and Portsmouth. We aro compelled to stop hero in -order to make room for the Proclamation of the Governor, and other items relating to the Indian outbreak. We shall continue the summary next week. For the Argue. Oregon as It Is, No. 1. Salkh, Oct. 1, 1855. Ma. Euitor i Oregon can never occupy that position which her natural advantages prominently entitle her to enjoy, until she entirely releases her self from tho destructive influence of periodic gold spasms. So long as the habits aud industrial pur suits of the people, the hire of luborers, and the price of necessaries, are liable to these revolutiona ry shocks, caused by these sempiternal excitements, just so long will the prosperity of tho Territory be neld in abeyance. AN hen will we learn that our true interests lie in another direction T that onr prosperity depends on tho development of our in ternal resources ? on the improvement of our nutn ral advantages T Wilh a heavy trade against us, a trade which is fast exhausting the pecuniary re sources of tho Territory, how can we expect to avoid the shouls of bankruptcy and ruin ? That trade is wholly unuccestnry. It consisii of articles wuien can be manufactured here as cheap as iu the eastern States, aud in sufficient quantities lo sup ply the wants of the Territory. Take, for iu stance, the simple articlo of clothing. Say that the population of tho Territory is sixtv thousand. m. ' ininy dollars to the person aunually for clothing is a moderate cstimuto, making in the aggregate the nice little sum of ouo million aud eight hundred UiousunU dollars annually lo cletho Ihe people of uregon. y, nut uoes Iho counlry produce, what income has it, to counterbalance this and other im mense drains upon ita currency? Comparatively nothing ! The sum might be and should be saved m the country. Three huudred thousand dollars judiciously invested in the manufactory of domestic falipirs vnnlil i. .1 ... UUUJFUtll Ule purport, aml lave ,0 me lerrilory, ,n thephort space of five years, the sum of nine million dollars. Is not the plan feas ible, and do not our circumstances imperatively demand its speedy adoption 1 Valuable water powers, advantageously situated, are abundant iu very part of the Territory, the improvement of which would be cheap and easy. The raw mate rial could be produced without labor, and in tho greatest abundance. The pu.oral resource, of Uregon are pre-eminent and unrivaled. Wool 0f uu-e, and of the best quality, cau produced cheaper in Oregon Ih.a iu any Stat. iu I nion. Sheep are heal.hy, lire the year round on the spontaneous bounty 0f nature, and in crew. w . Bihjpfcj fecunJi urn. w,U com. when wool growing w II Z ceiUiatattenUonwhiehUi. irtanee o the ufactories would be "'"aou dollars invests in much added to the pcrma. ii . ""'UI'3-. and ita annual product would be worth more to th. Territory UlPM l-Id mme, of Caliomi. ,T Were. " 0Ot WpaTfh f.l the constant ... I nd immwntv of th. ... and n.i P"r"on, wealth . : ...v v.u,ijr ouiu demand a err iu the quantity and value of it annual pr. duet A lio in market of eoimidcrable extent, sua of grenler value than Ihe present foreign market, would bo created for the produce of tht farmer, while ho would fiud a ready sale, at remunerstli,. for wool ami omer aruciea naoeasary k r. .- aj.-.hi .i... uiauulaciuriiig iipmui""". wt might not be able lo manufacture lha fiuer fairies profitably, their "'lt l ly dVnaed wiUif without any serious Injury to our pride, and with gn-al profit t "" tan ' 01 " n)r " had say serious objections lo casing his mortality In robes' made out of doiueslio fabrics, why a limited la. uorlalion of canmeres, Sit., might U kept up to ealisfy Hie fastidious taste of this half-tray between femininity and niasculiuily. The Keutuekisa, tastefully drcared In liia jeans, the pride of tils ns. live Stutf , suffered uo very material loss of dignity, no serious abatement of honorable pride or loss of national character. ' Admitting, again, that these donieslie fabric would cost more hero Ihan tliey could bo purctisj. ed for iu an eastern market, the cost of transporta tion, insurauce, storage, and of a hungry host of la. termedialo ageuts, would more than compensate for Ihe dillereuco iu the first cost of Iho fabrics, with this important advantage ; the money would remain in tho couutry, form Ihe basis of its business operations, give life aud vigor Iu its industrial pur. suits, aud aid materially in its growth and prosper, ity. Political economy leaches the important leaaoa, lhal communities as well as Individuals should lire williin their own resources. Their expenditures should never exceed their income. The Steal op. crutiuiis of a State or Territory can never bo in a solvent sluto so long as it currency is sluiced from the domaiu for the purchase of llioaa articles which they can manufacture as cheap and as well. Id rsmiiion must ever bo that of servile dependence, It furnishes Ihe capital for others to specwUto with, without the most distant bops of a participation, ia the profits. It furnishes tho money, wImIs others, and strangers, enjoy the interest Its business up. eratiuns are governed by men and causes over which it can have no control, by men opposed to its true interests, and who aro fattening on Iba sjioils of a misguided country. To be coutiuued. O. Uood Resolnttoa. Wajiii.votos coesTr, Oct. 5, '55. Mr. Editor t Some weeks since I was particu larly pleased lo see the high ground luken by yon in The A nous, aguiust Ihe pernicious iiilluonca of horee ruciug, connected with whiskey drinking! upon Iho young and rising generation of Yaailull county. Now while I am not ia favor of suppress ing Iho traffiu in spirituous liquors by auy enact mcutof law over (he voice of the elective majority; yet 1 believe "there is a good time coming," and that it ii the duly of every use to contribute bis ''mite" toward dunging the lido of the popular voice, until our Stale, iu its true, legitimate, aud democratic action, cau be euubled, by the voice and will of the people, to eradicate this evil, which eats as a cauker up n the morals aud prosperity of the country. . ' , "Choose ye this day whom you will serve," has a 'thus sailli the Lord" for its injunction, and if the mundulo were to go forth, imperious in its com mands, tomurshul Ihe hosts of Temperance and anti-Teinpcruiicc parties, I have aked myself Iho question, Where I Would wish to be found) Would it be with the horse racer the gambler, or among ihe wrnugliug din, ifud babel confusion of tho mod erate drinkers 1 Or would it bo wilh the good and pure, the lovers of maukind the young nud inno cent iho decent, sober, thoughtful, aud well-dis. posed 1 -. . i And where would the majority go, who, like my self, have madu some skirmishes with tho enemy, and who have ulmost been accounted of his num. berT Which lino of tho rauks, I say, would they press to filll . Let me see j the whiskey seller, together with iho whiskey editor, would of coarse aland at the head of their own lino ; the irreclaimable drinkers wuuld next full in, and the dark motley wave of that society which spirituous liquors so visibly act upon would set in, With swaggering doggedness, ' Aud imprecations loud. Out where would be that large class like myself, who are tolembly respectable, aud who would clsim the good opinion of mankind I Would tt be ia the ranks just described t 1 feel in my heart tbey would not No: they would go to the twautiful array of thoso in the othor line to those who are striving to elevate man in the scale of Intellectual and moral being j where the good, and the wise,' and pure, and lovi!'', of the sons of men aro cou- gregaled'j where our mothers and sisters, our wives and daughters are to bo found j where the youth of our country, in their pure hearts and spotless inleu tious, are to be found, and whore the hopeful ai; rising of the oountry should always ho found. I said I had asked myself the question, Where I would like to be found I and I answer. As Iba Lord liveth, I will try to be found amongst tho good and pure and lovely who occupy the ranks of the Temperance Reform. CATC , 3T Wo thank most heartily the friend who had the kindness to loan our paper to the writer of the foregoing, as it seems to We set him to think, mgtosomo purpose. Wo hope, friend O, that having put your hand to the plow, you will never mink of looking back. The mandate hus gona forth, "Choose you whom you wjll servo," and yoo have done well to pauso even at this lute day, and cast about yourself to see what sort of a "crowd, you wero mixing in, Tou say that you are "not in favor of suppressing the traffio iu spirituous liquors by auy enactment of law over the voice of the elective majority." Y e do not suppose that bv this intend to intimate that any Wy is in favor of so uoiug. A man who has been an Attorney at Law for perhaps ten years uuclit to he soffipimirlir Batt ed up to know that none of us who are in favor of 'suppressing the liquor traffio by enactments of IftW tt-Il. . J ,1 . . . . law," wish to do so "over the voice of the eleotivei franchise." You occupy our position exaoti,, andl Uie position of all temperance men, (nanadctstsod at this age of tho world) when you affirm that yon believe it to be ihe "duty of every an. to contribute his mite toward, changing the tide of the papular voice, until, by a true demoeit,v .m j able Insecure the passage ,nd wpfor, of , (hat - uu away witn the evil. St ck to your present Dositin,. r, J n ' ....1 1. eor.jbor hencef.rth K,J r?!1, 1-.ng expansion of iu operation,, aa(J. - fa"-' sua;,, .