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Vol. III.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, DECEMBER 1 2, 1857.
No. 5
are pain, unlet! at lie option of the publuher,
THE OBEGON ARGUS,
rVlLIWIID BVKSV PATVRIM? MOSSIKO,
BT WILLIAM L, ADAMS.
BUSINESS CARDS.
W. T. MATLOCK
w. a joiimom.
Matlock A John ion,
ATTORNEYS St COUNSELORS AT LAW,
And Solleitori in Chancery,
"f TTILL promptly sltend to any business which
T T mny bo committed lo their professional
cnarge DiMore ma District nd Supreme ConrU,
Office in Highfk-ld's building, immediately op-
panio uie nam nireet House.
. Oregon City, March 7, 1857. 4Ty
XL G-. Sarnett,
ATTORNEY fc COl'NSELOK AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery,
BETIIEL, POLK C0UNTV, OUEG0N.
JOHN R M BRIDE,
ATTSBBV ARD COUNSSLO AT LAW,
Lafayette, Yamhill County, 0. T.,
WILL faithfully atl.nd In all business on
trusted lo hn professional care.
Wa 0. Dement tit Co.,
XI THOLES ALE and retail Dealers in Grocer.
VV ire, Provisions, Painla, Oil', Uoota and
ghees, Crockery, eto. Opposite the Land Office
Main St. Oregon City. June 1, 1 825.
CHARLES POPE, JR.,
D
EALER In Hardware. GmearW T)rv Gnmta
Homing, uoota Sl Shoes, Medicines, Book
. ' j '
and stationery.
Main-et., Oregon City, April 21, 1857-Itf
CEO. ABritSETIIV & Co.,
MERCHANTS,
OREGON CITY, O. T.
Abcrncthy, Clark tH Co.,
COMMISSION ASDFOBWARDINO MERCHANTS,
San Francisco, Cal.,
Will attend te riling Oregon pro.li.ee, and fill or
der) for Goods. Groceries, ate., at the lowest rates.
The pstronnge ef the people of Oregon in ro-
' vpecimlly aulidled. Aug. 3.
. 2. XVXilwain,
Manufacturer, Wholceale and Retail Dealer in
COOK AND IMIILOR STOVES,
- tm i. corrRs WAnR. iiakdwabk. '
MalnSt., oppoaite Main Street Hotel,
OREGON CITY, 0. T.
Steamboat aud jobbing work attended to with
dispatch.
Orders (rem the country promptly filled. je7
Time.
ttt r ii l n ii if i n t. n
W. watch-maker,
, Fersons desirous of gating good work done will
do well to give me a call, a my whole time is de
voted to the repairing of Chronometer, Lever,
Duplex, and Horizontal watches.
A . . -f i I I i
zip nraurimriii u, rfownij uu imiiu.
. ' Jewelry made to ordi-r, aud repaired.
Prices to suit the times. I am thankful for east
favors, and hope to give satisfaction in future.
ID" located at the old stand, npHite the Tel
graph Office, OREGON CITY. Feb. 3.
n Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
ft and Dye-stuffs,
I ..'theOKKGON CITY DKUG STORE,
sepli ia;B of', Oregoncity.u.l.
" JOHN 2s. BROOKS,
sTMeeoJe .J. Retail Dealer in weries. Produce,,
Provineui, d. Main St'""
A General Assortment kept up of Selwteu Goods
Canemah, March 28, 1857.
' l U-U1S DJVIIAXIAUIW.
BEING permanently located in Oregon City.
I am prepared to carry un the business oi
OUN-SMiTHING
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
Those who (avor me with their patronnge, mny
expect to have their work donu right.
Those who leave O L'NS at my Shop for
repairs, and do not eall for them within ninr
mouths of the lime set for the work to be dune,
may expect lo have tlnin sold In piy charsni.
FKliDlNA.Vl) WILDE.
. June 27, 1857. Umli
Wells, Fargo & Co.'a Express,
Between Orrg.m, Calilnrma, the Ailanlk
S'atrt ani Eurom.
IIAVIXG made advaulaireoua
mnrrementa with the United
.Stales und Pacific Mail Steam-M:
ship Companies forlianxportation, we are now pre
pared to forward Gold Dutt, Bullion, Specie,
Package!, Parcel!, and Freight, to and from N
York, N. Orleans, San Frnnciscn, Portland, and
principal towns of California anJ Oregon.
Our regular Kemi-nioutlily Express between
Portland and Snn Franeisco, is dispatched by the
Pacific Mail Sleunisliip Co.'s steamship Columbia,
connecting at San Francisco with our seini-inouth-ly
Express to iVeie Yori and JVcie Orleani, which
is dispatched regularly on the 1st und 16lhof each
month, by the mail steamers and in charge of our
own messengers, through to destination.
Our Kxpreea from New York leaves regularly
n the 5th aud 20th of each month, also in charge
of aaeassugers. ,. ,
Tseasiire insured in the best New York com
fM0Aea,rat Lloyd's in London, at the option of
nipper". ' '
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Orleans, No. 1 1, Exchange place ; Sun Francisco,
No. 114, Montgomery atreet.
A. 11. a 1 ktUC, Jlgm.
Oretoa City, April 21, 1857-ltf .
' Beading for the Million. "
.: , . : S.J. McCORMICK .
M1B CONST ANTLT ON MAUD AT Till MAXELL SOOE
gross, roT-rr, ronTLAWD, oaaoox,
A Choice selection of Popular Books, News
papers, Magazine and Fancy Stationery.
Among the books on hand will be found works
oa Temperance, Agriculture, Horticulture, His
Uwf, Poetry, Biography, Medicines, Religion,
geience, School Books, Romances, Ace, 4c, die.
CSubscriptioos rcieived for Harper, Graham,
Godey, Leslie'f, or Putnam, at 4 year.foel
g free. '
XT Subscriptiooe received for any newspaper
published in any part of the Union.
Remember the Franklin Book Store and Nehs
peperAgeney. Front street, rorUaud Oregon.
"A priced caulogue will be published early
in April, and will be not to any part of the torri
tory free en application-
Oregon Lodge Jl. 3, I. O. O.
MEETS at their Hall over the Oregon City
Drag Store every Wednesday evening at
7 'leak- liralhrea is good sUnding are invited
to visit . FRED.CHARMAN, N O.
Gaoaoa PcAse, Soc y. 31
TEMPLE OP HONOR. Tualatin Temple of
Honor, No. 1, meet oa the 1st and 3d Fri
day ereaingsof cash noalh at 6) o'clock, at Tern
aeraaee Hall, Fores Grove, Oresjosi.
Members of the Order ia good standing are in
vited U visit Uua Temple.
e. w. Drxox,w.c.T.
M. Tcrn.f , TV. H. 3J .
For the Agui.
sue .s .ca. .i rrnni SB
lacrtass of Laborers for Oreiaa.
It 1 wel! known that the need of help
in the house, in the shop, in the manufac
tory, and on the farm, hat been severely
felt during ihe last two or three years.
Since immigration from the Western
Stales ceased, Oregon has but slowly in
creased in population and in (be develop
ment of hor resources. In fact, we may
ay there has never been a dovolopmcntof
her resources. There hive been s few
samples of development; few farms, a
few orchards, or a few gardens, shewing
that our soil if well tilled has an immense
productive power, and that ten of thou
sands of acres, now useless, could be made
to pay (he interest of money invested at
two hundred dollars per acre. But we
have not the laborers out of doors or in
doors lo cultivate our soil or care for our
dairies. We mny safely estimate that
three thousand families in Oregon need
the help of one or more persons In the
house or on the farm. They need this
help now, Thny need it steadily for a
year or two tocomo; and before that time
has passed other thousands will be in
equal need. In a word, the demand for
male and female laborers will be consent
and increasing beyond the natural supply
among us. . If this demand is to be sup
plied- and it must bo if we are to progress
as a Territory instead of standing still the
supply must como from abroad.
Where shall wa look f To Califarniaf
Their demand are vastly greater than
ours, though more fluctuating. We may
receive a few high-priced laborer from
that Sta e, but it will be only a few.
There is a fascination about the " Land of
Gold" which attracts and retains the
mosses of the people, though they are not
profited as much as thny would be among
u, by steady work in our families or shops
or on our farms. That mass of people
will remain about the mining regions, er
in their largo cities. We cannotexpect
much from California in the way of a sup
ply of help.
Shall we look to the Western Stalest
They have already helped Orejron liber-
ally. t They are disposed to give us fur
ther additions to our populiitinn, but the
impedimenta in crossing the Plains almost
preclude an immigration from the West.
The Indians and their instigators are not
only troublesome, but dangerous to any
tram of emigrants, however large. We
cunnot expect emigration from tbo Western
States over the Plains for the next Ave
years'.
We mdst look to the Eastern Slates or
to Europe for emigrants to Oregon. It
may be remarked that it will be very diffi
cult to induce people in Europe to emigrate
directly to Oregon. This-will be done in
a few cases hy the influence-of friend, but
iliu mftiirs will prefer to come to America,
i. e New York, first. : j
Practically our hope of emigrations to
this Territory is limited to the Cistern
States. But it is very expensive, though
not difficult, for Eastern emigrants to come.
The farm laborers, the artisans, the man
ufacturers, the female help, and the fami
lies, which we need, have not in many
cases the money to pay their fare by steam
ship or by clipper. Some who would
como, and who could raise tlio money to
pay the expense of the journey, knew so
little of Oregon or its inducements to set
tlers, that they are not directing their at
tention this way. And yet we are told
that there are multitudes of laborers, male
mid female, seeking work daily without
success, in our large cities, especially in
New York city. The Intelligence offices
are thronged by applicants. We are alco
informed that the present financial cri-ls
has already resulted in turning a hundred
thousand laborers of all sons out of em
pUy. We aro told that many of these
will suffer even this winter for want of food
and clothing, and that they are se depend
ent opon daily labor for the day'a necessi
ties that any sudden revulsion in business
brings them to starvation. s
Is it not possible to benefit those people
by biinging some of them lo Oregon, and
to beuefit ourselves also f We pay fifteen,
twenty, thirty, and forty dollars a month
for help in the bouse ; we pay thirty, forty,
and fifty dollars a month for men on the
farm; we pay fifty, sixty, seventy, and
eighty dollars a month for bands in tbs
shop. The carpenter receives from three
to five dollars per day, the stone-mason and
painter from three to five, and the brick
mason from four lo eight per day. A man
receives two dollars a cord for eulting four
feet wend, and two dollars per cord for
sawing it up to barn. 1 Hew speedily at
these rate a man can pay for bis passage
toOregon,andsnpportBimseiimeanwBiie
M I . IS
But how can that distant supply ef "v
borers be brought to meet eur demands f
Several plans hsve been suggested.
Some sar. Let those wbo want help, pay
some advance wsges into the hands of an
s;,'ent, and let him fo to New Y0ik, and
.ccuro III lilp Wanted, at I stipulated
price. Other say, Let every roan who
wants help in his family, or in hit shop, or
on his farm, pledge himself t pay such
help as he wants, a fixed price per month,
say for twelve or eighteen months, and let
him agree to par a portion of the wages in
advance, on the arrival of tbe party in Or.
egon, and engagement to work for him
so that the shippor who may have trusted
the emigrant fur a part of the fare, may be
sure of it at the end of the voyage.
Another plan has been proposed, name,
ly, that there bo an organization formed in
Oregon ef all who not only want help, but
of all who desire to see the country filled
up with an industrious population. Let
the member of that company deposit
twenty-five dollars each, in such a way as
they shall decide. Let them have a good
agent in the Slate who knows the wants
And the advantage of Oregon, and who
will give information to all persons desir.
ing to know about the country, and de
siring to come. Let him bo authorized to
aid those who seed aid to pay their fare
and to draw en the fund deposited bere,
and also to draw still farther on the organ
ization up to a certain limit. Let the emi
grant on arrival here repay by his earn
ings the advance made for bim, and let
tbat sum bo placed on deposit to assist eth
ers, and thus secure a steady emigration to
our Territory.
All these plans have obvious advantages
and obvious difficulties. Other plans
might be suggested. It will be no harm
to discuss this question. Will not seme of
the men who have leisure and influence
take bold of tbo matter I
An Old Oiikgoma.".
The Mormons and the late Massacres.
Wo copy the following extract of a letter
from the Los Angeles correspondent of the
San Erancisco Herald :
".The chief item of interest and import
ance to the people of the commonwealth
just now, is the late atrocious oonduct of
the Mormon prophet, his insane followers,
and Indian allies. On the 12th inst., a
public notice was posted throughout the
town, and called logether a large collection
of citizens in the circus arena upon the
public plaza. The Los Angeles Star con
tains full particulars of the meeting, as well
as other news, and I will only ad J that re
spectable men made statements from Mor
mon experience, going to establish, beyond
the shadow of a doubt, that eur conceptions
of the wickedness and abominations of
Sodom are in no particular exaggerated.
" Drigham teaches the Indian tribes
around him that the Americans are their
common enemy; that a'l this American
continent of right belongs lo tribe of Eph
mi in, described in the Bible ; nnd that the
people of Suit Lake, and ihe surrounding
Indian nation, belong to tlio tribe of Eph
raim, and they only ; and that they ore
going to have and possess the whole of
North and South America for their inheri
tance. ' '
" It was the Pay-Utalts combined with
and led by Mormon instigators, who com
mitted the late outrage. The msving
cause was in part to avenge the death of
P. P. Pratt, part to avenge their exobus
from Mit8ouri by the coertion of the mr.n
of Pike, and in part to cut off the "back
out Mormons" who had violated thoiroaths,
and abandoned the Eternal City. This
opinion is sustained hy the statements of
those who ought to be cognizant of Mor
mon policy by experience of from four to
nineteen years in their midst. And who
ever heard of savages sparing infants in
tbeir slaughters J much less exercising any
such sense, heart, or discretion, as to save
all those only who could tell no tales.
" Their system of proselyting their in
creasd in numbers, and munitions of war,
(for they have one town in Iron County
devoted almost exclusively to casting can
non,) tbeir locality in the fastness of a
great interior, approached only by mouri.
tain passes, of which they alone, and their
Indian allies have a perfect knowledge,
renders them almost impregnible lo an
armed force of many thousands. This is
opinion intelligent men who have lived
there.
" On the very morning ef tbe appearance
of the foregoing notice, Messrs. William
Piobband Willian M. Wall, two Mormon
missionaries, arrived here and put up at
the BIla Union. They had just landed
at San Pedro a cargo of men, women and
children, from Australia, en route for the
great city. They left n, however, very
early next morning, tbeir arrival being in-
i opportune. The public meeting causeo
quite a sensatioo among tbe Mormons of
San Bernardino, who imagined the people
of Los Aogeles county were about to come
down A and I learn that they
fjeW aronnd like disturbed hornets, arming
themselves with tbe implement sad mo-
L;,ioM of war. A meeiinjr of the asm
nature was called at San Bernardino just
befor tV one her, to raise men sed mesos
:4o go out and meet any fugitives from the
msssacre, and protect other incomin
emigrant trains. The people express a
readiness lo respond to the call of Uncle
Sam at a moment's warning, but desire
that legal and authoritative step shall be
taken at head quarters."
Toe Simkit or Vengencr in England.
A private note from our Associate, Mr.
Williams, who is now in London, refers
thus to the spirit ef vengence existing in
England toward the Indian Mutineer.
" Horrible as are the atrocities in Indie, I
am surprised at the ssnguinary tone of the
English Press snd Pulpit. It sound very
strange to hear tbo ministers of ths Priuco
of Peace inflaming their Hecks by exposi
lions upon the beauties of blood lolling, and
invocations to the God ef Battles. And
yet you de hear this every Sunday from
respect ublo pulpit. Even Spurgeon, who
professed to be a " Peace Man," took oc
casion last Sabbath to delivnr himself of an
alarming quantity of warlike bile to the
great edification of the million. And I see
Mr. Martin Farquabr Tupper, ihe author
of " Proverbial Philosophy," and a ' Thou
sand' very tedious ' Lines,' has indited a
couple of most blood-thirsty odes in very
bad rhyme and worse reason. Tupper,
who 'turns up' every harvest time, throws
up bis cspand shouts ' hurrah for the rifle,'
with an unction worthy a ' fierce huizar.'
I do not bolieve tho British soldiery need
the stimulant of the pulpit to urge litem
on to vengonce; nor do I believe that it is
any part of ths duty of a Cbriotian minis
ter to excite the warlike element within his
congregation.
" I do not wonder that the English peo
ple are exasperated. To see tbeir kindred
and friends snhjecled to unutterable indig
nities, is well calculated to arouse tbe
fiercest passions of their nature I can
pardon very much tbat is sanguinary in the
press and in private circles, but I can net
justify the brutal exhibitions of hatred
against the Indian race the lust for blood
and the cry of extermination- which I see
manifest on every hand. I am at once
surprised and shocked to hoar tho burning
of Indian villages and the indiscriminate
slaughter of Indian people, openly urged
and commended. Englang should not for
get in the ecslacy of her wrath thai this is
the Nineteenth Century, and that she is at
least professedly a Christian nation.
"I tremble for the consequence of this
Indian revolt. You know what the En
glishman is when his fury is fully kindled.
The history of the next few months in the
insurgent country will be read in desolated
cities and slaughtered myriads. I much
fear too the innocent will be confounded
with the guilty. God help tho wretch
when the avenger cornel h 1 Thus far, in
this bloody revolt, England has the sym
pathy of the civilized world ; let her beware
lest by her vengeful atrocities she convert
sympathy into execration." Utica Her.
aid.
A White "Girl Kidnapped and Sold
as A Slave. The New Orleans cerres
pondentof the St. Louis Leader gives the
the following account of the kidnapping
and sale of a white girl :
" One of (he principal sensations in this
vicinity since my last, has been the flight
of a young and beautiful girl, claiming to
be white, from the doinicil of a nrgro trader
in Carrol ton, and her claiming protection
from the authorities, at the prison of our
adjoining parish. The case is one of the
most mysterious that das occurred in a
long time, and there seems little doubt on
the minds of the public, that a large a
mount of rascality is, as yet, lying quietly
at the bottom of it. To all appearances,
the girl is of pure Caucasian blood ;
which is what she asserts, and her slory is,
that she was left an orphan by the death
of her parents in Kansas, and was placed
in charge of a guardian. She cays that
latter has boen for some time in Califoroia,
and tbat she was induced lo leave Kan
sas by the representations of a man ; that
be had received instruction from her gurd
ian to bring her to New Orleans snd send
her to him. It is a matter of fact tbat the
man who brought the girl from Kansas,
sold her as a slave, and that she was pur
chased by a trader, who placed her in a
bouse in Car roll too. That he originally
intended ber for his own private purposes,
there is little doubt, as it was after suc
cessfully resisting his first attempt to con
sumate his wishes that the girl took refuge
in ths parish prison at Jefferson. The
trader, whose name is White, bas publish
ed a card, ststing that be purchased a girl
in good faith from a man named Hallibur
ton, but that hs is not disposed to throw
sny obstructions in tbe way of ber obtain
ing ber freedom, if sbs is entitled to it.
Tbe matter has not been brought before
sny legal tribunal, and I am insliaed to be
lieve tbat such a step is not strongly de
sired by certain parties interested in it.
Taking all circumstances into consideration
I am not iodised to plaee implicit faith in
the statements of the girl, an J yet they
may be religiously true. A I said before,
thero is a mystery about tb transaction
that renders it peculiarly interesting. Th
youth and bennty of the girl enlists th
sympathies of all whose hor and hear hor
slory, and if she has been wronged, every
effort will bs made to right hor.
Tw Htatesmes V..iaUy AslenUhed.
In hi New IJavn reply President Uu-
clmnsn thus expresses himself:
"Slavery existed at that period, and
still exists, in Kansas, under the Constilu-
tion of ihe United State. This point bos
been at last finally settled by the highest
tribunal known lo eur law. How it
could ever have been seriously doubled, is
a mystery."
Henry Clay, who in hi day was thought
to have some political knowledge and ment
al acumen, thus expressed an astonish
ment which he felt, en tbe 22d of July,
1950 :
"I sm aware tbat there are gentlemen
who maintain that, in virtue of th Consti
tution, the right to carry slaves north of
that line (30 deg. 30 min.) already exists,
and that of course, those who maintain
that opinien, want no ether security for
ths transportation of their slaves north of
that line than ths Constitution. If I had
not heard that opinion avowed, I should
hsve regarded it ss ons of the most extri
ordinary assumptions, and the most inde
fensible position that was ever taken by
man."
So it will be seen .thnt theso two emi
nent statesmen encountered each a grent
mystery iu the examinntson of the same
subject. Mr. Buchanan thought it a mys
tery how any one could have doubled that
the constitution carries slavery with it,
Mr. Clay, on the ether hand, regarded that
doctrine as the mostextriordinary atsump.
tion that he ever heard, and tbe most in.
defensiblo position ever taken by man. It
is doubtless reserved for James B. Clay, in
the next Congress, to reconcile the aston
ishment ef his father, in whose footsteps he
claims to tread, with that of Mr. Buchan
an whom he cordially supports. Boston
Journal.
The Maelstbom A Humbug. Of tbe
Maelstrom, denoted on my school-bey map
by a great spiral twist, which suggested to
me a trdinendous whirl of tbe ocean cur
rents, aided by tho information that "ves
sels cannot npproaaU nearer than seven
miles." In Olney, moreover, there was a
picture ef a luckless bark, half-way down
the vortex. I had been warming my im
agination, as wo came up tbe coast, with
Campbell's sonsrious lines :
" Round the shores where runio Odin
Howls his war song to the gale ;
Round the isles where loud Lofoden
Whirls to death the roaring whale ;"
nnd, as wo have looked over the smooth
water toward Moskoe, fell a renewed de
sire to make an excursion thither on eur
return from the North. But according to
Capt. Rub, and other modern authorities
which I consulted, the Maelstrom has lost
all its terrors nnd attractions. Under cor.
tain conditions of wind nnd tide, an eddy is
farmed in the strait, it is true, which mny
be dangerous to small boats, but the place
is by no means dreaded se much as tbe
Salton Fiord, where the tide, rushing in, is
caught iu such a manner as to form a bare,
as in the Bay of Funday, and frequently
proves destructive to the fishing craft. It
is tho general opinion that some of the
rocks which formerly made the Maelstrom
so terrible have been worn away, or thnt
some submarine convulsion has taken
place which has changed the action of the
waters ; otherwise it is impossible to ac
count for the reputation it once possessed.
It should also be borne in mind tbat any
accident to a boat among these islands is
more likely lo prove disastrous than else
where, since there aro probably not a score
out of the twenty thousand Lofoden fisher
men who pass half their lives on tbe water,
who know how to swim. The water is too
cold lo make bathing a Inxury, ond they
are not sufficiently prepossessed in favor
of cleanliness to make it a duty. Never
theless, they are bold sailors. Bayard
Taylor.
A correspondent of ihe Petersburg!) Ex
press, writing on board the steamer Renn
eke, at Portsmouth, Vs., says: "To my
surprise, the Roanoke look on here about
three hundred bundles of paper, all manu
factured in North Carolina, and shipped lo
the port of New York, via Portsmouth.
But the strangest idea connected with this
transaction is tbe fact, that the most of it is
sold to snd consumed by Greeley, in print
ing tbst freedom-shrieking sheet the Tri
bune." Silveb l.f the Sea. Three French
Chemists, as we learn from Household
Words, have been experimenting en ths
subject, and their labors bsve led them to
tbe conclusion that tbe ocean holds dissolv.
ed two millions of Ions of silver. They
took water from tbe coast of Si. Malo, a few
leagues from ths land, and analysed it in
two ways. A portion of the water they
acted upon by the usual tests ef silver, and
the presence of tbe preeious mats! was
clearly ascertained. The remainder of ibe
water they evaporated, and the salt they
obtained they boiled with lead. Tbi turn
of Impure lead they placed en a saucer
made of lime, and then submitted it to a
heat sufficient lo melt the lead, but not lo
affect the silver, shsuld sny bs present.
Ths lcad.se it melted, wss sucked up by
he porous ssucer, nnd finally a small glob
ule of silver sparkled In the vessel. This
process is called eupellstios, snd is the or
dinary mod of procuring silver from ihe
ore. Again and again they repeated the
experiment, with the same success. From
these experiments they made the calcula
tion that a cubio mile of tho ocean contains
wo pounds and three-quarters weight of
silver.
Xfeestit of a Protective Tariff.
WAStu.iGTO.t, Sept. 24, 1857. '.
The melancholy days have come, and
the panic rages liko the pestilence. Times
like these demonstrate the wisdom of th
protective tariff policy, that is, simply ths
policy of making and buying at home,
which the Tribune and the Old Whigs
persistently urged. We import $360,
1)00.000 worth of luxuries snd necesssries,
of which ws ought to produce 1150,000,.
000. That f 150,000,000, which we send
out to purchase wlnit we ought to mak, is
so much annual loss of capital is In effect
so muuh wealth lost lo the country. ' ' t
We srntsut Inst rear 07,000.000 more
specie than we imported. When the pro
loctive tariff Whigs passed the Tariff of
1842, upon the principle of protection,
they said the country would prosper. And
so it did, until the end of 1846, when it
was suspended by tbe clinrlatnnry or free
trade experiments. Mr. Walker said bis
tariff would increase the imparts and ex
perts 100 per cent. The protective tariff
party said il it diU, urn eeuniry wouiu us
impoverished by it. The 100 per cent.
increase bes come. 1 be ruin ws predict
ed bas come, and it would have come long
ago but for the discovery ef gold in Cal,
We have had from that source an average
of 800,000,000 per annnm for eight years,
making nearly 9300,000,000. Now all
that before undreamed of wealth is dissi
patedwhere is it f It is gsne, no man
knows whither. And yet we do know.
It has goae for Paris frippery, for Iron,
mongery and pottery, flannels, bread
cloths, and baizes, all ef which could and
should have been made here.
Now, the crash will bo universal
There is ne doubt about that. There will
be immense suffering among the poor peo
plo who preferred that Englishmen and
Frenchmen should do thoir work for
them to doing it for themselves; and
things will never be settled en a firm basis
till we come back to the principle of pro
tecting national industry. Correspondence
oN.Y. Tribune. , , . , (
The Beautiful Womek of England.
In ber lecturo on " Beauty," Lola Moo
ter, in speaking of the beaiiful women of
Europe, gives England the superiorltp,
She instances the Duchess ef Sutherland,
a very natural qnoen nnd the type of tho
beautiful aristocracy of Europe, Lady
Blessington, to whem kings and noble
knelt in vain and cnlled her goddess, Lndy
Clementina Villers nnd her mother, tho
Duchess of Welling'on, as beautiful ns a
statute, ond as cold ; and the three Sheri
dan sisters, Hon. Mrs. Norton, Lady Black
wood, and that lovely Lndy Seymore, who
was crowned Queen ef Beauty at the fa
mous Elingioun tournament.
Cueino Bacon without Smoke. To
smoke the best baoen, fut your hogs early
and fat them well. By fattening early
you make a great saving in food, and well
fattened pork. Then kill as early as tlio
weather will allow, and salt ns soon as the
animal heat is gotip, with plenty of the
purest salt, and about half an ounce of
sallpotre to one hundred pounds of pork.
As soon as the meat is salted to your
taste, which will gotierally bo in about five
weeks, lake it out, and if any has boen
covered with brine, let it drain a littK
Then take black pepper, finely ground,
and dust on the hock end as much as will
stick ; then hang it up in a good, clean, dry,
niry place. If nil this is done as it should
be, (it ought to be dene new,) you will
have no further trouble with il, for by fly
time in spring, your bacon is so well cured
on tho eutside, that flies or bags will rot
disturb it. " .'
Curing bacon is like the Irishman's mode
of making punch. He said: "Put in tlm
sugar, then fill it up with whiskey, and
every drop of water you put in after that
spoils tbe punch." Just so with curing
bacon, after following the directions givon
above, every "drop of smoke you put
about it, speils the bocon." Canadiar.
Agriculturist.
North and South. A curious specta
cle is presnted in the fact that while tbo
New York Democracy (so called) endorse
President Bucbsnan's Silliman letter, the
Charlesto (S. C.) Mercury thinks the Presi
dent hsd done belter if he bad let ibe Prof,
Sillimaa memorial alone.
It is absurd to pronounce then.
the most pious who never absent them
selves from the church. . .
fcjr Ladies bow dress in the ' breadth,'
not the' high',' ef fashion.