THE OREGON ARGUS, -uai.miiao kvkkt ssthsmt Mokmita, BT WILLIAM L. ADAMS. 0ficc-Good's Building, Main it. rial Room in first story. EJito TERMS The Aiooi will be furnMtil at .... rv.il J Li t. Mt . tnree utmnem una rijiy venit per annum, It lingU lubtnilurtTlirn Vollart each lo cluhi of ten at out ojflet. t3T Tu Dollar) for lis monthSo tubicrip- - (,., ,,,,.,; A,- - I... ....'...I MJ" No paper diicoiitmned until alt arrearage) .... .1 ....i... -t it.. i L M.-L hi v fU'H, wnirH u . . m iijhwh vj lam fiuutimner. Vor tki Argu). The future WeaUU of Orrgoa. ' Salem, March 0, 1957. Mr. Editor In sevoral of the last nuin lersof TLo Argus I have culled the at tcntion of jour reader to a number of different modus by which they enn materi Ally advance their intornats. In this issue I wish to direct their minds to anothor thing) which lies equally near our highest rrrtA tlPrtnl A 'I'liae ft iff ntilik rtf Oregon will depend much upon the internal Arrangement of our social relations. We Are soon to become one of the sovereign Slates of this our American Union, and I finlri that nnnn tliA timnlA fj.nl r.f .fiiii!nn our votes right or wrong, if the subject of slavery comes up for our decision, whether wo will incorporate it into our constitution our not, upon the decision wo then matte will depend millions upon millions of our future wealth. It is well known that much bus been said nt the scat of government during iho winter by llio friends of slavery in favor of introducing it into Oregon. They have been unceasing in their efforts to bias tho minds of iho pe"plo in its fa vor. But it seems to me, friends, (and I liope this will meet their eye,) that not only no good, but nn irreparable injury, would como to our future prosperity by introducing it hero. It would bo injurious lo us in three important particulars the . i.i. .1.. -.i .? i .. . wtoiiii, i iiu cuuciuionai interests, mm m the morality of tho people; but only in reference to the first of thvso shall I sneak i of it, nt tho present time. It is a well-established fuct that no poo plo can be a prosperous people none can grow rnpiilly in wealth without industiy, without husbanding their time, and desti tute of a system of well-directed labor. In all these particulars slave labor is defi cient. They are not industrious ; a single Freeman will accomplish ni much in a given length of time as lira slaves. The slave knows that nothing which he earns is his own. It nil belongs to his master, and, as a matter of eourse, everything he ttoes must be forced fiom him. Take tuntt I tin stimiltna tf atf !ntt.t) anil m. nt onco deprive men of all the springs of fiction. Every farmer who has evei hired knows the difference between ono who feels nn interest in his work and one who wr.rk merely to pass nwny the time. They may both be equally busy, but with Iho ono I lie Accomplished work seems to pass from his hands as if by magic, while with the other it seems lo go ns if it would never ceaso lo "drag its slow length along." Every thing a man does must be done in time. If this is not husbanded, if a man does not use well his moments, tho hours will not work ; bat when did a man ever find a slave that would he careful of his time ? The great object of a slave's being is to pass away tho time. Ho lives to rest, to cat and sleep, not to work. The master means he shall livo lo work, but the slave means no suoh thing. Tho more timo he can kill (he bettor, and we may be nssured that in this contest between master and slave, the one striving to make time active, living, the other lo use it up, to destroy it, tho slave frill como off victor. He will continue to kill more than he uses. Again, there i9, and always must be, among slaves, a want of direelnesi in labor. They do ndl know how lo get at a thing like a well-educated freeman. A man of mind, of education, takes hold of a thing at tho right end. He sees what, and how, And why, in nnything that is to be done. He will not hoe bean-poles. Ho knows the difference between one thing nnd an other, and ho knows triy the difference, although they may look very much alike. But it is not so with the slave. With a mind almost demented by the ignorance necessary to the whole system of slavery, with nothing of the man cultivated through successive generation?, but all that pertains to tbo animal nature and Lruto force ex.''e,, ,h7 have '"!00mo oI- cnost what their masters with tnC 10 .as unreasoning as the ox, and will work only when the driver stands over with a goad. To be sure, the driver can in many ithtngs direct their labor ; he can tell them what and how to do, but this only remedies ths evil in a few particulars. The driver is not, and cannot be omnipresent, but (his he must be in order to give proper direc tion to the labor of every slave. In nil these things there will be a great low to the Territory if slaves are intro. daced, hnt this is not all. The moment this becomes a slave territory, the emigra tion to it of Northern men will cease. Tbe moment it-becomes slave territory yon at tach to it an evil more terrible to a North ern man than the swamps and miasmata of the most unhealthy portions of oar domain. Look upon this matter as w will, and ac count for il as we will, the people of the . North would rntber bring up their children exposed to all the chills and fevers of the swamps of Georgia were it free from sla very, than in the mot healthy portion of -t)ur beloved Oregon cursed with it. Thry do regard il m wronj. TLey believe it is t A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to tho Principles of Jcfl'crsonmn Democracy, and advocating Vou II. a sin lo hold slaves, for which the curse of (leaven will descond. Those being ihoir fadings, without arguing the question whother they are right or not, it becomes a question of great importance to us whether we will, by adopting slavery as one of our institutions, shut our doors to Iho hosts of Northorn emigrants, with their bnbits of industry, Ihoir skill in well-directed labor, and ell tho thrift which freemen alone know how to acquire. Nor will this loss be overbalanced by tho good which will accrue, by the greater emigrations from the South, should slavery he Introduced. We cannot raise cotton, or rice, or to bacco, in such quantities as to make it profitable, consequently the people of the South hare more inducement to slay in tbo rich valleys of ths Mississippi, and, besides, our climate is such that neither slaves nor any one else can work more nbout half the year. The almost inces sant rains of winter actually forbid out door labor. What now would a man with his twenty or a hundred slaves wish lo come to Oregon for f What would he cm. ploy them about during our long wintors T It docs seem to me that, taking tho cost of kee-ptvg tho slaves, together with all the evils connected with their slow, ill-directed, ignorantly-applied labor, no man in his senses would wish slavery to become a part of our internal nnd social system. Keep out slavery, and in a short time we shall havo freemen from tho Northern States pouring in upon u, and ready with willing hearts and hands lo make Oregon, with its health and fertility of soil, the garden of tho world. Our Willamette Valley will be cut up iuto small wclllillcd farms. Each freeman will havo his fields, his fences, his orchard, nnd his beautiful house. Each farm will become an Eden, with its paradise of fruits nnd (lowers, and all enjoying a competence which their own hands have brought forth from our willing soil. Who would not prefer such a social system, as will eventually make our Pa cific Slate like tho great " Empiro Stale" of ihe East, cut up into small wt-II tilled farms, each with its industrious, comforta ble, wdl-cducalcd family, to a social sys tem which must have its mile and two mile square plantations, nnd families separated Into isolated house?, without the possibil ity of n good common school, and without the possibility of church privileges. With the former of these systems Oregon would be worth through all futuro time thous ands of dollars, where it would be worth hundreds with I he latter. Tho decision of slavery or no slavery will thus tell upon our futuro woo or weal, and the present inhabitants of Oregon will have Ibis ques tion lo decide. Yours, ic, 0. DiCKIKSON. JCtT As there is considerable curiosity just at present to know the real principles of Cameron, U. S. Senator elect from Penn sylvania, who has been the subject of more abuse by the locofoc'o journals than almost any man living, we give below his colobra. ted "Kirkpatriok letter," which we find published in tho Pcunsylvanian, as fuirlv exhibiting his antecedents. Judrinff from this letter, we should call him a "Bentoni- an North American Republican"; IIakrisbuugh, Feb'y 9, 1855. Bear Sir: I have, nt twelve o'clock, re ceived your letter of this morning, and reply to it immediately. I o your lust interrogatory, ' Have you ever at any time been, or are you now, or will you ever bo, in favor of the so-called Kansas-Nebraska bill, passed oy L-ongress at its last session I Answer I'rom the day it was intro duced in the Senate to this time, I have been opposed lo the bill, nor shall I ever fa vor it. 2d. ' Would you, if elected to the Sen ate of tho United Slates, use all honorable and fair means to effect tho restoration of ihe so called Missouri Compromise, which was literally and virtually abrogated by the aforoftiid Kansas-Nebraska bill I' Answer I would. 3J. Would you, if elected to the Sen- Ho of the Unite'1 States, use all honorable and fair in Jour Power ta ffuCt 8 r.e peal of what is co,rmnIy knorB 88 '-e Fugitive Slave Law !' Answer The passage of the compro mise measures was acquiesced in by the North, and -1 had hoped the questions growing out of it had been settled, but as the South has been tho first to violate it, I bold the bill subject to revision, and will act with the North upon this and all ques tions connected with ths subject of slavery. 1 answer I will. 4th. 'Do you recognize the right of. Congress, and if so, would you act upon such right, and use yoor vote and influence lo legislate, for all territories now belong ing, or which may hereafter be acquired by the United States, to the otter and en tire exclusion of slavery or involuntary servitude in said territories!' Mv answer is that I recognize the right and would k legislate. 5tb. Would voa oppose, by all and every honorable and fair means in your power, the extension of slavery and invol untary servitude over territories now free, or anywhere or any lime, now or hereafte", wherever or whenever it may be enacav- ord, by its frien.l, :o introduce it f For an aai to this, I coulJ readily xepn t$M OREGON CITY, OREGON, MARCH 21, 1857. refer lo my senatorial course especially my voto on the Wilmot Proviso; out that there may be no misunderstanding, I em phatically answer in thesflirmative, (lib. ' Would you, at all times and upon all occasions, protect and preerre invio late, in this respect as in all others, the rights, immunities, and privileges of the North, as guaranteed to iliem by our Con stitution and laws, against any nnd all en croachments of our sister States, compris ing and composing tho southern part of. our national confederacy I Answer A Northern man who would not protect and preserve the rights of tho North is unworthy of tho respect or any honorablo mun. and for thoso riuhts I would battlo until the lust, either in a public or private interest. 7th. 'Are you in favor of, and would you voto, act, and use your influence in fa vor of such a system of public rates and duties ss would most effectually, and be yond all doubt, guard our home industry and manufactures against foreign compe tition and pauper labor I' Answer My principles have nlways been in favor of tho "American System." I hare novcr doubted as to what was Ihe true policy of ths country, and I answer your iuterrogatory in tho affirmative. Sili. 'Do you still, in this respect, ad here to and abide by the sentiments and doctrines contained in the speech delivered by you in the Senate of ths United States on ihe 10th day of July, 1846 !' Answer 1 most cortainly do. Olh. 'Do you recognize the right of Congreu lo legislate and make appropria tions for the improvement of our rivers and harbors I' I do rocognize the right greatly de plore tho executive vetoes on this subject, and will use every means in my power for the freo passage of bills for tho improve ment of the rivers and harbors. 10 tli. 'Are you in favor of such a change in our national laws, pertaining to the naturalization or our lorcign citizens, as will compel all of them arriving in this country, after (he passage of such an act, to remain in this country at least twenty one years before being entitled to the rights of suffrage as they now possess them, and will you use your vote and in fluence to accomplish such a change !' This, your last interrogatory, I answor in tho nflirmnlivc. It was noon when I received your letter. Visitors and friends have crowded my room since I commenced writing, or I should have written more in detail. Your inquiries were direct the answers are as direct and lo the point. Still I must re gret that I had no timo to elaborate thorn more fully. Very respectfully, yours, ecc, Simon Cameron. J. M. Kirkpatriok, Esq., House of Representatives. Nicaragua. RELIliF OF GEN. UBNMNCSEN AT GltANAPA, AMERICAN BRAVER V. Somo weeks sinco we published nn ac count of the cooping up of Cen. Ilenning. sen with 300 or 400 men near Ihe ruins of Granada, by about 2000 of the Central Americnn troops. After sustaining a siege of nineteen days, and refusing offers of capitulation, they were relioved by about 170 mon under command ef Col. Waters, sent by Gen. AValker lo succor ths be sieged. The following coiiciso account of the relief, which we lake from the corre spondence of the N. O. Piuayuno and Delta, is highly interesting, as showing the des perate valor of 170 Americans iu attacking and forcing the lines of 2000 troops strong ly posted behind barricades : On the night of the 11th of Dec, Col. Waters landed with his command nbout three miles below the old fort, on the beach. The landing was effected without any loss, although a detachment of the enemy's lan cers were on the beach, and kept up an in effective firing. After forming, they ad vanced and attacked the first barricade, which was strongly defended; but noth ing could withstand the impetuous charge of our men. The enemy were in a few minutes driven from it with great slaugh ter. With the same impetuosity, two other barricades were attacked and carried, and a junction effected with these in the forlifi. cations by daylight. This achievement was not accomplished without loss, as ihe enemy seemed to fight with desperation ; and at the first barricade maay hand-to-hand encounters took place, and many were killed. With Colt's six-shooters, the loss of the enemy was very great, as dead bodies were strewed all over tbe road. Our loss was forly-fonr in killed and wounded 14 killed. After the junction was effected, the enemy remained perfectly passive; and all tho troops, wounded and ilvl, ordnance, Ac, were embarked with out opposition, except by a ft shot from a r.mn.in. loo far to do auV execution. Succor reached dranada in tue men oi time. The force there had been hemmed in 19 days they had run out of provis ion?, and been on short allowance of horse and mule meat, and had even killed and eaten dogs and cats. They bad one horse, one mule, and one dog left. Such had been their exposed condition that they csuld not afford their dead a decent burial. Our folks, when attacked, took the plaza, Iipm ihpr constructed barricades of trunks and boxes. From the plaza they fought their way down to the church, whicu they took from the enemy and fortified. So aiany in so small a place, beieg cut off from water, rendered it necessary 10 oiuue the forte. For this purpose Gn. Hen ningo had irencbes dog and barricades eree'ed half way between the church and the lake. Had we not arrived when we did, I c:n M.-nninwn would have attempted to renrhi Ihe hVn, by advancing hi direh so a U command the enemy's position, when with his cannon he limped to driro ihem from thuir fort and barricades. Tho success of our little force in march ing through the enemy's lino, taking their barricades alter nigbt, ai:d tliey between fifteen and two thousand strong, (and only 170 of us,) is truly miraculous. Had they known our true strength, not a man of us would have escaped to tell ihe fata of the others. But they believed we were six or eight hundred strong, with Gen. Walker at our hoad. But tho idea of being turned ashoro in tho manner we were, with no moans of escape in enso of defeat, mani fested a very litlle regard for human life, or a very high estimate of American valor. But we were successful, which removes the objections that would have been urged had we failed, and the condemnation that would have fallen upon the head of him who thus exposed hia men to what would have ap peared almost certain destruction. But lie knew the enemy, nnd had full confidence in our ability to co through. The idea of manifest destiny directing this great enter prise, stimulates men to do wonders. Gen. Ilenningscn states his loss in the siego to have boen about 120, including the wounded, and women and children, two thirds of the deaths having been oc casioned by tho pestilence. Among those died during the siege was Mrs. Bingham, the wife of the actor, whom Gen. II. styles " a noble woman, and the Nightingale of tho army," for her attenlions to the sick and wounded. She and her child were cut off by fever. Gen. Ilenningscn estimates the loss of ihe allies during iho siege at 800 killed and wounded. l.ale from Europe. Assassination of the Archbishop of Paris. The Archbiihop of Paris was assassinated on the evening of the 3d inst ant, by a discharged priest named Verges, of the diocess of Meaux. The Archbishop was performing religious services in the church of St. Etienno du Mont when the assassin, in plain clothes, stepped forward and, lifting aside the prelate's .cape, plung ed a Catalan kuife into his heart, oxclaim ing "a bits la deese!" (down with the goddess !) an expression which the mur derer aflorwards explained lo refer to the doctrine of (he immacululcd conception. The Archbishop fell to tho pavement nnd faintly muttering "Le rnalheurcvx," ex pired. Monsicgneur Afire, the predecess or of deceased, of Paris, was shot nt the Baricades in 1843, while endeavoring to mediate between tho insurgents and sol. diory. Tho funeral of the Archbishop took place on the 10th inst. in the cathe dral of Notre Dame, with great pomp, and amidst throngst of people. The trial of the assassin is expected to luke place about the 2 (Hh of the month. Vindication of Santa Ana. Advices from Madrid lo January 1st sny: The Mexican Gcnoral, Corte, has written a letter to deny that he was charged by General Santa Ana to solicit the assistance of the Spanish government in re-establishing monarchy iu Mexico. The War hetw'een the Russians and Circassians. By telegraph via Trieste, uews had been received in England of a great battle nenr Bayuk between the Russ ians and Circassians. The former re treated with a loss of nearly 2000 men and several guns, the attack being made by a Circassian corps of 10,000 strong. The Sound Dues Question. The Cour tier de Havre of January 13 says: "A conference in rotation to the Sound Dues took place on iho 8th of January iu Copen hagen. It scorns certain that the suppres sion of the loll has been agreed upon. Il will be suppressed from tho re-oponing of navigation, that is to sny, in April next. All the interested States have agreed to indemnify Denmark, but it remains to be decided if the capitalization amount will be paid in at once or by instalments." Tbe Paris Conferince. The Confer ence was brought to a close on the Olh of January. It unanimously decided that the frontier shall follow Trajan's Valley to the River Yalpuck, leaving the towns of Bolgrad and Taback to Moldavio, while Russia is to retain the town of Komrat on the right bank of the Yalpuck, with a ter- ritorv of 300 souare versts. The Isle of Serpents has been declared to be a depen dency of the Delta at the Danube, which is to revert lo Turkey. A II the other ter. rilory west of the new frontier is to be an. nexed to Moldavia. The boundary is to be fixed befare the 30tb of March, and in the mean time the Austrian army is to evacu ate the Principalities, and the British fleet in null il.s Black Sea. As soon as this evacuation has taken place, the Commiss ioners of the Principalities are to run the boundary line. When this is done, theTthe fact the. ,y lUch a crossine. artifici Conference again mceU in Paris to settle . !...: i a . rn.;n.i;i;a ihe organization of the Principalities. We condense the following frcm the correspondence of the Panama Star : The Persia War. The war with Persia continues. The overland India mail was delivered yesterday, (Jan. 16th,) ' but fails lo impart much information. A I portion of the English force was aliout lo ' march upon C't'ul, aud Ihe fall of la- tho side- of Truth in every issue No. 49. shire was early expected. The Persian troops are marching upon Candahar. The Knglish-Psrsinn Gulf licet was last heard of at Muscat and would proceed to Ber mui'a Abbas, on the Persian side of ihe Gulf, as Iho rendezvous fora fleet of forty fivo sail, with 5070 soldiers, of whom 2270 were European, 3750 followers of the camp 11 JO horses, and 430 bullocks. The wri ter says:" Whilst the war is thus pro ceeding, it may be necessary lo stato that according to report the Thnh of Persia has applied to the Czar of Russia for advice and aid. Ominous as appearances are, I cannot think that Russia will endanger herself with anothor rupture with England. It must, however, be observed that the Russian fleet has proceeded to the Caspian Sea and occupied several Islets, but this will be found to be in accordanee with an old treaty. The mere fact of the mailer is almost sufficient, however, to giro some coloring to the impression which is apt to prevail, that Russia either covertly or openly will aid Porsia." Settlement of tub Nedfcuatel Ques tion. A letter from Berlin, dated Jan. loth, says:" It is known here that Swit zerland has consented to arrange the No- ufchatel affair, and that the Royalist pris oners are to be set at liberty this day. The release of the prisoners enables Pius- sia lo enter on negotiation, but tbe bases of the terms are all that is at preseut de cided on. As tho King's claims on Ncuf chatel were sanctioned nt formal Congress es by all the great European powers, il is said his Majesty will demand that the new arrangement shall bo settled by a CoDgres", to assemble, perhaps, at Frank fort or Carlsruhe." TheOrlglaot WktaU Il is a fuct, not generally known, that the origin of wheat and other cereals is involved in obscurity, for the old notion that wheal indigenous iu Central Asia, that starting point of the human race, has been explored by the researches of mod ern botanists. History informs us when our forefathers first began to cultivato tho carrot, gooseberry, currant, asparagus beet root and strawberry; but is silent as to when wheat, rye, oats, barley, beans, maiz, cucumbers and melons, were known only ns indigenous plants. Nowhors do the cereals exist as native: nowhere havo ihey shown a tendency to run wild. If not preservud by human labor thry would apparently perish allorrelhcr. In a late number of the Kdinburg Re view, an able papor is devoted to discuss ing the origin of the cereals, especially of wheat. The writer states that there are two theories upon this subject. One con siders races of plants to be immutable, and holds, therefore, that wheat existed once, nay I may still exist, indigenously, somewhere. The older maintains that iho cereal, as at preseut known, has been de veloped by cultivation. This is the opin ion held by tho writer in the Review, who even specifies tho pnrltcular plant from which wheat has originated, a grass grow ing wild on Ihe shores of tho Mediterra nean, and known to botanists by tho name of u gilops. In confirmation of this hypothesis may be adduced by ths fact, that, wherever the early history of the cultivation of a spe cies is known, it is found that man has first applied to his use a plant growing wild about him. He discovers somo berry, for example, whose taste ho likes; and in order lo have it more plentifully begins to cultivate it; the cultivated plant improves upon Ihe original one ; he sows seeds from the best specimens ; and at last a borry is obtained, so superior to tbo one ho first found growing wild, that it could not he possible lo trace its origin, if the process had not taken plnca under his own obser vation. Analogous to this, it is fair to pre sume, has been the origin of wheat. In fact, a French botanist, reasoning In this way, and observing many striking points of rosemhlanca between the n:gilops nnd wheat, undertook to develop the latter from the former, and by saving, year nfier year1, the seed from such plants as appeared to approach nearer to its object, actually suc ceeded tn his object. The plant, thus ob tained, still continues to be cultivated, both by him and by others, and to yield real bona fide wheat. The opponents of the development thereof, however maintain that the plant on which this experimentalist worked, was an accideutal hybrid, or cross, hetween the agilops and the wheat e Towing in adjacent fields. In favor of this view thev adduce ally tonducUd, similar results have been I .. , . produced, un tne oilier nana, natural On the other hybrids, between grasses, are as yet un known lo botanist. Moreover, when dif ferent sorts of wheal are grown together, they never cross. A still more conclu sive proof is the fact 1 1ml hybrids are rare ly mainiained beyond tbe second geucia lion without an infu-ion of new vigor from the parent stock, in wbivh esse a gradual ADVKIITIHINO KATKH. One uare (13 linn or lew) on insertion, ZJM - - two Inmrtirnw, 4,00 - - Uirce hwrtirim, 6,00 Kaeh nilMuiint liucrtion, 1 ,1X1 Uunnalile deductions to who advt-rtiae by (lie year. JOB PRINTING. Ths rannirroa or vita AltOl'8 is lurrv Iu Inform the puklie dial lie has ju4 received a large rtark of Jolt TYl'K aud oilier new print ing matt-rial, Slid will b ia Ihe sjiraly iwraipt irt oilillliiiiu muled lo all die nmirniaUi of thia b cnliiy. IIANDIIIUX. IHINTKIIH, HJ.ANKR CAKP8, CIKCUI.AIW, rAMl'lll.KT-WUIUv and "tiler kinds. June lo ordrr, no (lion notice. assimilation to tho latter occurs. Hence, if the experiment which we have quoted had oiiginuled in a natural cross between (he mgilops and wheal, iho hybrid would either Lava perished after a year or I wo, or have returned lo its original type. Il is probable, therefore, that whett novel exinled wild, but has been developed by cultivation fiom a rude plant. Tho Edinburg reviewer, after reviewing the question iu every aspect, comes lo this opinion at last, nnd says nothing can shako Irs conviction unless wheat should b found really giowing wild in somo ravin of Central Asia. Fhiladrljihia Ltdyer. Xuntrout Death from Vretillt. Tbe present winter has been excessive. ly cold in Iowa. We copy the following record of deaths from freexing within tha last fortnight in Iowa and Minnesota: Il is rumored five men were frozen to death near Bradford, a fortnight since. A pariy of eleven mon were, il is said, frozen lo death in Minnesota. A man was found frozen below Osage. Two teamsters were, it is thought, frozen lo death in the same vicinity. That a daughter of W. McCrary, liv. ing near Linn Grove In this eounty, was frozen to death on Sunday evoning last. The girl is supposed to be aheut 18 years old, and was going home from a neighbor's when overcome with by the intense cold, she was unablcd to reach her home or ob tain assbtnnco, and thus perished in tbo snow. In the late storm several have been fro sen to death. Among tho number was a young man living near Blue Grass in Mus caliuo county, nnd an old man near Onion Grovo in this county. We have hoard, al so, that a whole family, consisting of a man, wife and three childron, ware frezon to death near Onion Grove. That two men, Norwegians, living just this side of Fort Atkinson, were frozen to lenth duriugthe storm of ihe 3d inst ; also, a boy about twelve years of ago, who left Howard on the same day for Howard Cen ter, and bus not since been heard of. Mr. Wm. Rice, who was out iu the same storm, died ou the 1 till inst. The Dubiiquo R- publican thinks that not less than fifty lives, in the last twenty day-, have been lost in that way in north ern Iowa and southern Minnesota and to these may bo added many more in other Sta ei, but not of so frequent occurrence. The Baltimore Sun, of the 10th, says : Srvkrr Suffering of a Missionary. We have already given accounts of the sufferings and death of several persons by the in time cold weather in several parts of Iowa. Wo have now before us a loiter from the Rev. Alfred Bronson, superinton dint of ihe Methodist Mission at Prairie du Chien, duted the 31st of Dccomber, in which he encloses a letter from one of hia assistants, tho Rev. Mr. Knibbs, of which ihe following is a copy: " Eaolk Point, Deo. 30. "Itcii. Sir: I am sorry lo have to in form you of a misfortune I have mot with, vis: L'tittiiiR lost in the trackless snow of Crawford ceiinty woods. I started on Tues day morning, December 2 J, from the Lath- roi selllumotil for lluney Valley, lo attend service there on Wndnosdoy. But I hail not proceeded Hir beuire my horse s legs were covered with blood from going through Iho crust on tho snow. I tried every possible means to induce him to keen on, both by walking before him and break ing tho crust, and by dnving, without avail ; so I had to tio him to u tree and go in search of n house Mr. Brown's; but it was nenr night, and I could not fiud it, though I knew il was not fur off. In thia hut nnd bewildered stute I wandered about for five nights and four days, without seeing or hearing a living being or habi tation, and with nothing to eat or drink, un til I got hereon Saturday night with just enough of life lo be numbered among the living. Mr. Bonion says that at Prairie duChien immense snow storms have fallen, and that the present winter is the most severe he lias experienced on the frontier during hia residence there, which hot been for twenty one years. Printing Officb Loafbrs. Tbe fol 'owing, from an Eastern paper, ia sensible to the last, and deserves a wide circuta. tion "A pi inting office, is like a school it can have no interlopers, bangerson, or tWtf 'iJlers, without n serious inconvenience, In aav tv.il.iiuf ,C Icmi lime, which is iust - much gold'lo le printer, as if mcullio, ally glittering in his hand. What would h nf man who would enter a school, and twaddle first with tho teacher, aflU men lin mo BtmMaiB, iiiivriuiiiiir .. . if r l l 1. : .1 j: : tne BlU'lies "I ("if, nnu urenni- ino uisci nlm ,f ilia niherl And vet. this is tha eflVci of ihe loafer in Ihe printing-office. ii i - .... .1 lie seriously iiiieriurca win, na course oi business, distracts the fixed attention which is necessary to the good printer, and the interest of every establishment. No real man ever sacrifices the interest, or inter, feres with the duties of others. The loafer does both. . Let him think, if thought ho ever b.i", that iho last place bo should ever insinuate his worthless and uawslcoro preseuce into, is the priming office,