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THE SPECTATOR. Oia L CUIKT, ID!TO K. W. C0LWK1A, !?. OtcgMi City, If vesntlKir fl, 1S4. O Jtaoournox passed by the Board of Directors of the Oregon Printing Association, at their meeting, Monday, Oct. 5th, 1846, and ordered to be Inserted in the u Spectator" fear time. Whereas several irasocriberstothe,"Oregou Spec tater" have presetted pay for the paper in Oregon Scrip, which will set meet the liabilities of the Board The""6 . t olwo That hereafter all persons subscribers to the "Oregon Spectator," bo hereby Informed that Oregon Scrip will not be received in payment for the atper. J"- p- Baoon, Oregon City, Oct 5th, 1846. Secretary. Asjuvai. ofthx Vahcocvxs, We undentond that the Hudson's Bay Company's bark, Vancouver, from the Sandwich Islands, has arrived at Victoria. She mart Bring mwi tome ten daya later than that brought by the Toulon. If it ahoold be important, we ahall publiahit in an extra form, immediately upon receipt ET We hare the pleasure .of stating that the re currence of certain disagreeable circumstances in Champoeg county, alluded to la a recent number, wae prevented by the timely and kindly-interference of the Re. Mi. Demars, through whose instrumentality an amicable adjustment of matters was brought about Tub LioiiLATcaiu The members of the Hooje of Representatives will assemble In this chy on Tuesday next for organization. The names of the members are as follows: A. L. Love joy, Hiram Straight, W. G. TVautt Clackamas county: Angus McDonald, Jes 0' se Looney, Robert Newell, A. Chamberlain Cham poeg county: Joseph L. Meek, Lawrence HalLD. H. Lownsdale Tuality county: A. H. Hsmbree, Thomas Jeffreys Yamhill county: Geo. Summers Clataep county : W. F. Toknie Lewie county: II. W. Peers Vancouver county: J. D. Boon, J. E. Willisms Polk rounty. We cannot say with cer tainty who will be elected Speaker ; there are several candidates tor the honorable station ; some of them well qualified to discharge the duties with credit and aaStessffftCSXflSaV We trust that one of the early acta of the House wiQ be, to respond in an appropriate manner, to the memorial of Mr. Wilkes, concerning the subject of a railroad front the States to the Pacific Ocean. Al though we may be able to do but little towards the aoaievment of this great and important undertaking, yet that little should not be withheld. It is the accu mulation of the little that makes the infinite the constant water-drop that wears sway the stone. Would it not be a judicious step, and one calculated to obtain it object, were the House to ask of Con gress a M steam-tug," to operate at the mouth of the Columbia T With such an auxiliary, tosnIs could be towed In and out of the river, without being subjected lo the delays and dangers which they are at present This would greatly facilitate commerce and Inevitably tend to Its rapid increase. Wo think that with commendable despatch, the House will be enabled to transact all business requisite In a abort session. The Emigrants. Our latest intelligence concern ing the emigrants who ire oa the southern route, comes to us from some gentlemen who have recently arrived in this place, after having " packed" into the settlements. At the time of their departure from the wagons (about twenty days since,) which number al together, as we are informed, only eighty, some few of the first were this side of the Callapoiah mountains; the most of them, however, were still engaged in crossing the Umpqna mountains. They had experi enced considerable suffering, from exposure and hard labor Ba' kevely surmounted numerous difficulties. We regret to state that Mr. Willaa Smith dled: in stantaneously probably occasioned by over exertion in the kanyo of the Umpquamoun'tains. It is also our painful duty to record the death of David Tanner, of Iowa, and' - .Bailie, of Calloway ooeary, Mis souri, who died from wounds received ta a aklrjnish with the Klamet Indians, la the same eJair, Mr. Uppsncottof New Yotk city, a California emigrant, wat sartoawjr wiili In the knee. We were ae'-' plated with the peruee; J &, had left home in naiardecUaiaf states fcaakh, whkh wasasra ptetyssspteredhyUMtrip. He looked forward sab gaiaery to the snjoymeat of a new Ufa, wit Wiff? hi Califs, which aa iaeeratshle Proriaeaoe has pre Teate. Hsiwelf and two of hie fslew essicraats have sisaeisacedtheooaMSMJot-'' lathe aidaiaf jifeweweiat ).Y sweet - -'n"! HSWBBSU OREOONiWDCALlFORNIA. Since the transpiration of recent events In California, there are those who weald eeem.to be gifted with the peWef;seW's4at,4e see ia the rsM(dMe VtlBtiim aarritorryaited f ;-- L1 LTJJaUt il4-rV. -r-- l . . lejl' Hi muff aad eatarpfwe jsioswetad' and ptoapiiky sWparted. Bat wo hart bo fears rar each improbable rt saws, and do not care a fig for such false prophecies. We say success to Califor nia under ".the stars and stripes" for we recognise in her, as in Oregon, the material for future great and powerful States. " The interests of the two countries are widely different and yet closely interlocked. Ore gon will be the vast produce and provMon market of the Pacific countries. To her, they will look for the necessaries of life and those various commodities that her fertile soil promisee to yield In rare abundance, and the exchange of which with other nations, must cre ate the wealth-returns of commerce. A development of her resources will work wonders towards giviug her distinction and Importance iu the world's estimation. In this attainment, there' will be miracles achieved In the space of a few yers. Californic has one. of the noblest harbors in the world mines of the precious metal In her flinty bo- climate agreeable, but not at all favorable to production generally, and adverse to some of the pro cesses necessary to answer the demands of commerce a -country sparsely wooded, with not even a sufficien cy of th'is useful and important material to supply the wants of population. In no respect doe California enjoy each natural advantages as those with which Oregon has been Messed. In relation to her great harbor, CapC Fremont justly observes! " There is no opening from tho bay of San Frauds co into the interior of the continent The two riven which flow into it, are comparatively short and not perpendicular to the coast, but lateral to it, and hav ing their heads towards Oregon and southern Califor nia. They open lines of communication north and south, and not easterly ; and thus this want of interior communication from the San Francisco bay, now ful ly ascertained, gives great additional value to tho Columbia, which stands alone as the only great river on the Pacific slope of our continent which lend from the ocean to the Rocky mountains, and opens a line of communication from the sea to the valley of the Mis sissippi." Notwithstanding her mines of gold and silver, Cali fornia never can be an independent country. Bread and meat are each substantial and necessary articles, that without them, a nation cannot but be dependant Her climate and soil (from frequent inundation,) are not adapted to the certain and proline growth of the material for the former ; although the home supply of the latter article for a time, may be found to answer the demands of a limited population. There need be no fears entertained for Oregon. She stands on a secure foundation, possessing the means of her own maintenance and the resources of a high independency. As a rapt wis friend said, " she will be the unfailing granary, grist and taw mill of the countries oa the Pacific," and we nay add, with each an harbor as Pnget's Sound, sueh intersecting lines of water communication and such an outlet as the grand Cohaabie, with its steamers soon to be, Ore gon may exuk and rely upon a cloudless future of un interrupted prosperity, and her people enjoy that wealth and happiness which lathe reward of indefati gable industry and courageous enterprise. Puiuc ScHootev It is quite time that some sys tem of public instruction was established. Some com mencement should be made some foanoation laid, however susceptible it might be of improvement hereafter. The subject of education haa been rather neglected among us, though not inexcusably so, per haps. The people of this country have had much to do, and have accomplished much within a few years; matters of Imperative necessity engaged their atten tion and demanded their prompt action ; shoulder to shoulder, they have worked together for the general good, with an unanimity truly surprising, even in the' times of least hope. They have come out of dark- seat Into light i out of the wilderness into the abode of habpy'civUizatloa ; out of the period of trial into that of comparative ease and prosperity. j no present a a suiianie uroe to maae some pro visions for the general Instruction of the youth of the country. Whatever provisions are made, let them be made with a befitting generosity. The subject of ed ucation to 4e important in its consequences to be nar rowed down to the limitef enervating laws. Let the laws' suuduusshipbo paeral ia its character and libe ral, evsa to predigality, la spirit j . Wa are happy Instate that the, Beard of Directors of he Printing Association,? in view of the great scarcity of school books generally, and the pressing demand for spelling books, bat made arrangements to prlaiaa edition of two thsasaai 'copies of " Web- stora Elsaaaatary SpaMiag look,1' eeatewhat abrldg- Ji,aoh.tkeyww1 have ready far defrety afce the saiaato sf assrt January, aad wU be enabled to -nieaUiea slavery lew pries. MY BRIDE. sr aio, l. cuaav. ,'Love Truth, woo her make her as thy bride. f Breienssn. Oft! sacred daughter of the God-head, Truth! ' Thou who art always beautiful ari young I lu the wad woolsf-whlspaftagjoyof youib, Jb the twos ssfteced apeoch of sage's tongue. In wildest nature, or in caMarto art, The same pure spirit through creation wide In wooing worship, 1 give up my heart To thee, thou loveliest t for thou art my bride. Oh! bravely with me ahsre lifp'e lingering ill, And teach my spirit all its twins to bear, So manhood yields not to tho blightlug chill Of disappointment and corroding cure. In thy rich raiment clothe my every thought, And make my action worthy ol thy name, That I may mourn not over what I wrought, But feel my being brighten in thy fame. Though calumny and error mny pretend Tomar thy purpose, and those beauties sweet, Yet thou art powerful ! and in the end I know thy triumph will bo all complete. Give me thy heart, for thou hairt all of mine ; I'm going forth to battle in thy cause ! The strong the proud shall own thee as divine, And Wrong bow down unto thy righteous laws. " Gar.AT Cav ANnLrrrut Wool." In another column will be found an article over the signature of " Moses Harris," in which we are charged with an " attempt to forestall public opinion,'' inasmuch, as in the discharge of our editorial duties, we had occasion to prepare and publish an article In which we simply gave, In a statement of facts, all the intelligence that .weeould obtain concerning the emigration, without any reference, in word, or even in thought, as to the comparative merits of the routes by which emigrant havo arrived here this season. We dc not know, how ever, that we would have hesitated in giving the in formation in question, had it actually been necessary to have gone into an argument as to the merits of these routes. We are not easily deterred in the performance of any thing that we esteem to be a duty. As to the charge of forestalling public opinion, we refer our readers with a great deal of pleasure, to the article complained of, and feel well assured that every unpre judiced mind cannot fail to perceive how unfounded i Uie charge. We have a' " bone to pick" with Mr. Harris ; for, by the article over his signature, he makes it our un pleasant duty, not only to deny some of his assevera ted fmctt, but to prove that which is quite the reverse. It is hardly worth while to state, ia passing, that 'in no single instanco lias Mr. Harris .quoted our language correctly: almost any sentence can be so perverted as to mean what was not intended. There is no occa sion to quibble or use sophistry in this matter. If the emigrants by the southern route " arrived in the valley west of the Cascade mountains more than five weeks ago," what then? They might suffer and starve on this side just as easily as on the other ; the settle ments, Mr. Harris, the settlements, what time did they arrive at the settlements, their destination? or, have they yet arrived? What's the use of saying "the families who have abandoned their wagons amount to one only"? Did not Mr. James Campbell abandon two, Davidson, one, Vanderpool, one, Long, one, Van Bebber, one, and Welkins, ons? They did, and we have evidence to establish the same. It is not wise to live in glass houses and throw stones. We ve not aware that there are any emigrants by the Mount Hood road, who are yet in the mountains and unablo to get through this season, as intimated by Mr. Harris; on the contrary, we know that there are none. The rearward company, consisting of seven wagons, arrived here during the first week In the pres ent month. 1 We have not the space, if we had tho inclination, 4t this time to argue as to the advantages or disadvan tages of either route; the pleasure, therefore, of sur prising Mr. Harris and his friend with an exposition of our Views thereupon, is unavoidably deferred to some future occasion. Far be it from us to speak dispar- hgmgjy of any scientific undertaking much less of one that promised such important beneficial conse quences to Oregon. Nor would we withhold from any member of that exploring party, a single iota of his deserts. We mentioned Messrs. Got" and Apple gate, because theirs were the only names that we knew of the party ; nor do we now know the number or names of the gentlemen who composed the expedi tioa. ' A weed mere and wa have done. We do net love to be found faatt wlUiwlthoattho shadow of a oaaee, aor will we permit ourseh to ho eharged falsely aad unjustly, especially by those whoso feats would seem to be the only souroe of their Imputations. As tho editor of this paper, we write and publish that whkh wo believe to be the truth, with the promo tioa of the gensral Interest always JsY view ; and it is tojs hoped that wo ahall continue to hare nerve esjsaga to passaa tale oaae Wgajdjssj ef An Appsctino Incident. A Baltimore paper or recont date published tho following incident under the lioad of police roporta: A"fow daya since, a decently clad female presented liomelf at ono of our office, and requested tho magistrate to hcihI hortothe Alms House. Her manner and langungo denoted that aho had seen better day?, and while she begged the officer to grant horlaat request, tho tears in rapid course trickled down her furrowed chcoks, and her sobs choked her utterance, uh hIio tried to tell her mournful story. The officer as in duty bound, asked her nume, when abo replied in h manner ibnt brought tho tears from tho cvch of thon sturdy minioni of tho law, whose heartH are necessarily steeled to pity und tho finer feelings of the man. Ask mo not my name," she cried, " lot mo boar in silence and unknown tho fnte an inscrutable Providence lias meted out to me, but let not aged purcnts, fond brothers and loving sisters, hear that I that I have died an inmato of an Alum House and the recipient of public charity," " I will grant your desire," the magistrate replied, ' but if I knew more of your liisto ry and circumstances, I might probably do something bettor for you." " I will tell what I dare toll, if you will believe that I apeak tho truth, and use your influence to obtain mo somo situation in which I can but. obtain mo an honorable liv. inc." was her impassioned answer. Themajislratepromjswhodqall he could tor Iter, and alleviate ncr situation as mucn as possible. " May Heaven bless you, sir !" she said, and told hor mournful and thrilling concate nation of suffering and perversity, commin gled with sobs and the actual feelings of the woman. " Two year ago, sir, I was happy, and knew not what it was to want ; my parents were rich, and owned one of the finost plan tationsin a Southern state: I was but young not twenty but 1 had my suiters, the sons of wealthy men, yet I loved them not ; no one of the gaudy throng had as yet madoan impression on my heart There was in tho neighborhood a poor but manly youth, the teacher of our district school ; he visited our house, and was treated with all tho respect and attention that other visitors received, and I I, sir, fell in love with that man, and it was reciprocated. My father soon discov ered tho secret, and forbade him ever to cross his threshold again. Need I say, sir, we met clandestinely and were married ; we fled and took up our residence in this city. My husband taught an academy for a liveli hood, and for eighteen months wo were hap py ; but then my husband was taken sick, and he ho died I Yes oh God ! he died ! and I was left alone among strangers. I wrote to my parents, asking their forgive ness but my letter was returned unopened. My little means were exhausted, and I must starve or go to the refuge of poverty tho Alms House ; but it will not last long the sands of my life are nearly run out, and I look for a refuge from this world's miseries ia my grave !" She ended, and every eye present was wet with sympathy for her unhappy situation. One gentleman present, with a noble, gener ous and manly feeling, characteristic of "na ture's noblemen," came forward and offered her a homo and asylum beneath his roof, which, we nocd not add, was cheerfully ac cepted, and she left the office with the pros pect of happier days. Thus it is in this world, misfortune dares placo her ruthless hands upon victims of every f nd'i the sons and daughters of luxury sometimes drink of the bitter drega of the cup of misery and penury t Gossamers. In 1750 a celebrated natur alist followed a butterfly nine miles before ho could catch it. In 1845 a beautiful lady followed a butterfly a whole summer, and, when she caught it, found it was " only a worm with wings." (fir A Kentucky girl, marrying a fellow of mean reputation, waa taken to task ftrit by her unole. " I know uncle replie ahe Mhat Joe is not good for much ; but- be said I dare not have him, and I won't take a tump from anybody." s-ai--aiBviissBtaHSSBSBSaBSBSSWSSBasMrarssBS 05r There is this difference between harv nlnnsa mnA wlufnm Ha that thinks himself the happiest man is really so, but he that ininJca himself the wisest it generally uw freataat fool. J