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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
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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
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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
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rick.
.rum .our to six dollars Mr met,, will ,
" '"ong the Chinv
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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,
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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;,, .