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Wt i , -' """"aTm"kfnu.mv iiu i ywV'tT' ?&": I w I IV Ui ir & IM w ' Franoe MtMaderl 117,500,000. Let us observe, at the eame time, from one single fact, tks enormous difference in tho re sources of tho two countries, for the aupply of such heevry public burdens. Looking till at 1844, as a mean of comparison, I find.-aara Baron Dupin, "that the commerco of Enckad, fcvorcd by a skillful system of taxation, k so groat, that the mere amount of the produoe of tho soil and industry of Great Britain sold to foreign nations, in eleven months, k equal to the total annual oxpendi. tures of the Treasury. On the other hand, la France, we enly behold an unlimited in. crease in the taxation, and we have reached posst at which wo require the amount of iwesuy.three months or the sale of our pro. dues to foreigners to pay our expenditures, whilst eleven months, only1, suffice to the 'EagUsh." THE SPECTATOR. oiQ. l. cour, nmi w. r. mrneox, mintis. OregM City, Ausntt It, I 17. To Couatroif Dim-We hare received an anony -nam pctlcal effusion, the theme of which is "Home." Tho ideaa an good, but the measure k very defective, and the writer ought sot to desire it publication when he might do better ia another eflort. The closing ven-o ia by no means bad : "Then wake to find the gay deception gone, Aad rh, my keg and weary way to tread, Like IriMril oak at ia aho world alone, PooJerissg how fcaayy aw tho quiet dead." "The aJvif ii of a Columbia Sabaon" we thall d place fofiiaMihw iter. If "Pawator" would emiiun bis tlemgfct mmer more, he would bo decid- ediy suocessfal Seven! of hk tanzarve really ex- Bono Tea om laViperaBcebyT.MjR.,we ahall wive to make room for ia oar aezt AwaaTssPss. It wiM bo aaderttood that payment in advance wiM Jmeafler bo krvariably demanded for all iacldwatil naVrrtMsg fat thk paper. RxTSmnc or Clackamas Coctt We have re. ceived from Sheriff Holmes an interesting document ia rolatioa to tho revenue of thk County, which ihall appear ia our next Tn Laeocst Immtoiation Yrr. We hare infor matioa by letter that there an nearly fieo thousand teaMat-oa tho Oregon route, all of which, with the i of ohm four hoadred Mormon wagon,' are I for thk eouatry. We think thk rather a large One thousand wagona will do for thk year. Aaamx. or Bmhop Blakchxtt. The ahip L'Eloile stuJbTsft's, (toning Star) Captain Menes, five and a half months from Breat, France, direct, arrived in tho Colombia on Saturday laet, btinging ss passengers, Biahop Blancbett, fire prieota, three jctuiu , three lay .aceahers, two deacoaa and aeven nana. No European iatoiigeaco of importance. On Baa Pilot- We are aorry to hear, after hk iaaotatlgable eflbrta to diachargo aatiafactoriUy the du ties of hk litaatioB, that Mr. 8. C. Reeve, our pilot at wm Boath of the Colombia, should be interfered with ami tho ernobjmests of hk office curtailed by an un lawful competition. We look to the Board of Com. lamsioaers, who appointed Mr. Reeve, to protect him lavtlmiorferrflancoof hkdoties. We beg to call their tlttntha to the 11th aectloa of the Act for the estsb neat of a Pilotage, Ate. . Ifewawf tko fmaalgratlen. By the arrival, in thk city, of two gentlemen on Monday evening laet quo from Santa Fe, end the other from ike itateo with whom we have conversed, we'gteaa tho following ItformaUoin The head wagons of the immigration were left, oa tho 11th of July last, within a day's travel of Kort Hall, being a considerable Improvement in the rate of travel on previous immigration. Our informant left St Joseph about the 3d of last May, uud states that there is upwards of tree hundred wagon for Oregon, independent of companies that may have started after hk departure. There are three hundred and sixty wagons of .Mor mons likewise, who intend tho formation of a settle ment at the Great Salt Lake. We learn that there k not a solitary wagon on the road for California. In deed, one of the gentlemen who have arrived, started to go to that country, Jnit in consequence of finding no company botuid ia tiftt direction, was necessitated to pome to Oregon. The parties who left here for the states lost spring, hod united at Fort Hall, and were met beyond that place, pushing ahead in good health and spirits. Col. Findlay's party, who went by tho old route, as will be remembered, reached Fort Hall in 10 days leas trav eling time than those who went by the southern route. Gen. Kearney and CoL Fremont, from California for the states, were met near the American Falls, on thk aide of Fort Hall. Mr. Palmer, who, but n short time since, was a citi zen of tills country, and has numerous friends here, we are happy to learn, k on his return, and has been honored with the command of a large company ot wagons, principally from Missouri. Mr. P. k bringing with him some oppurtenances for milling purpose, I which was partially hk object in returning to the states. ' As far as wc can learn', the immigration k composed I chiefly of citizens from tho states of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. Wo regret to ttate that we hate reason to believe that Congress adjourned on Me nieht of the 3d of last March, without hating made any provision for the peculiar necessities of Oregon. A'o bill has pass, td no government officers hare been appointed. So language k capable of expressing the general feeling of sorrow that will follow the confirmation of this news. Like drowning men, we catch at straws, and feed ourselves on hopes. For oursclf, we ha e no hojie that government has done aught for u, and we keen. ly sympathise with our fellow-citizens in that bitter disappointment, destructive to nil hope, which must eventually follow the receipt of more full intelligence. Can it be possible that the U. S. government k unin formed as to our peculiar situation iu a variety of re spects? The idea would seem preposterous when we take into consideration the fact that numbers of intel ligent and well-meaning persons have gone back to the states perfectly avare of our incapacities and pres sing necessities, and who would uot fail to moko them generally known. The most important of these k our relations with the Indians. Theo eoplo have not looked with an unsuspicious eye upon our widely in creasing settlements in thk country. Wo have already had trouble wiUt them in rerpect to their lands, and in several instances they have been directly informed that their rights and interests would uwurcdly be attended to upon the arrival of government thufalL Indeed, thk certain arrival of a " hyass Boston tyeo" has got to be an old sto.-y with our aboriginal friend, and they are. already disposed to regard our repeated assurances as " cultus wali-wali." Of a verity, the culpable neglect of that worthy individual, our Uncle Samuel, places us In a peculiarly perplexing predicament However, we will not uucork the viak of our wrath until a more appropriate time, and then, if things turn out as we conjecture they will, won't we have our say 7 won't we endeavor to make Oregon a hot-bed to pro duce annoyances for tho cool temperament of an un heedful government? The war with Mexico is still an uncompleted job. The castle of San Juan d'UUoa had capitulated to Gen. Scott Gen. Wool had united with Gen. Taylor, and their forces were in tho heart of the Mexican do minions, making steady and successful progress to wards the capitol. Santa Anna hud mado no head since hk defeat by Gen. Taylor near San Louis Fotoni. Col. Donnaphin hud given up tho command of the American forces in Santa Fo to Col. Sterling Price, for the purpose of subjugating Gliiliunhuu, in which ho had been successful. Col. Suniucl Owens, of Imle- U'The most truly gratifying intelligence brought from the immigration k that Mr. Edward Trimble, who it waa supposed had boon killed by tho Pawnees last year, while on hk way to thk eouatry, k alive and well and comlag with tko immifranta. It appears that he had been wounded oaly aad waa made prison, er of by the Indians. He succeeded after a period of confinement in effecting hk escape, returned to the States and started again for Oregon last Spring, whsn the immigration set out Tim joyful feelings of hk family who have resided In thk city since their arrival here may be imagined. The Moatto.ia. According to all accounts these peoplo, are doing up their Mountain travel in the most magnificent style. They are said to be excellently well organised and abundantly provided with all the esseutiak of such a trip. They have a printing press and printing materials with them and we suppose it will not be long before Uiey will be astonishing the na tives about the "Salt Lake" with a "Rocky Mountain Herald." They have likewise a portable grist mill, as we understand, which, when they are encamped on a soluble stream they put in operation. The cut bono of this we are at a loss to comprehend. Te Fur the Oregon Spectator. IX Notwithstanding Mr. Bell's attempt, In another column, kroply to our remarks relative to "trespass. Jag oil mad eJakas," whk appeared in the " Specta tot" of tko 8th of last month, we must really say that our views an quite as unchanged aa our arguments I pendence, the noted Santa Fo trader, win killed in tho attack on Chihuahua. We have a report that about tho timo tho emigrants were leaving, Government were eulihting u thousand men for the purpose of establishing Military kmU a lonfthe Oregon route. We have indirect information of tho pustmge of a billxby Congress for the creation of a monthly mail communication between thk country and tho States The immigrants are biinging a very large mail through with them, which k carried in u wagon expressly set apart for it aid which k kept ia the advance- com-pony. rmu srr ia ropy uuncu ijuviuuuiw, Hstoriy pervertlaf aeaot, cannot fail to be but poor sub ftsmtii for stubborn facts. The dignity of a subject, as wal as the moral purpose involved ia its illustration, ought aaver to be loot sight of, much less sunk aud dis torts I the mere gratification of an expression of XM m mr. ueua privilege to be displeased wiUt citizens of Clackamas county in town j but we are rather sceptical as to any difference In the issue. Tho eke popular mind k too strong to bo ce or overcome by error, tks4SsiaMtko wMtatflswawu JalmsWlW'' Lady Ihou'rt beautiful ! thy presence giveth A joyous feeling to my care-worn heart ; In thy bright glance I feel my spirit livotli And k encouraged to perform its part Thou may'st not know who thus thy praise k singing In strains that should with rick expression teem, It is enough, that unto him 'tk brmgtag Emotion sweet, as streams in wild wastes springing To thirsty pilgrims seem. Those ruby lips from which expression stealeth Like Uie flesh fragrance from an opening rose, And etery feature of thy face tevealeth Some lovely charm that with perfection glows. Thou'rt like the mem'ry of some happy isiim That lingers on the heart that it bereaves, Without that disappointment in derision Of the Ideal's high aud holy miaxion That brightest vision leaves. A (lower of loveliness has been transplanted, Whose home, perchance, was oa'r the mountains far, Yet in a land where courage k undaunted Where woman's fame m honor's guiding star, Thk flower shall flourish, with new beauty blsomlng, Twill love the spot where nature reigns And in its brightness, joyously Illuming, The world-worn soul, a nobler hfr assuming, Its promise will redeem. Laoh. For the Otegor. Spectator. Mr. Curb!' As tho subject of Acricul- turoand the riiean? of promoting itarcofgrcat importune towards advancing tho interest of theTurmcrs in Oregon, ns well as bring ing our rich and fertile country into an ad vantageous state of cultivation and yielding an uinple reward to tho producer, was the object of my former communication, it there fore becomes necessary that the subject should be discussed in its different points. It is not sufficient to say that any interest will be promoted without assigning some rea son how it is to be done The first great ob ject is to create industry, to do this it will be necessary to show its reward in dollars and cents or their equivalent, to accomplish tho two foregoing propositions is the object of a "Pfoughboy." It will be remembered that the causes as. signed for the deficit iu tho crop the present year, wero in part attributed to trio dry weather in the Fall of 1840, the cold Win. ter, tho lato rains in the Spring of 1847, and tho drought after tho rains ceased in April, up to tho time of harvest. Now to prevent a similar evil again accruing from the same causos should be tho object of overy farmer in Oregon, and in presenting my individual opinion to ho scrutinized und investigated by tho groat number of experienced farmers is a matter I doubt uot but would intimidate tho moro advanced and experienced, there fore let mo ask the fuvor that in uimlizing my suggestions, that tho good may be extracted, from the bad, and if only ouo idea has been advanced that will bo beneficial uud promote tho object for which it wum udvancod, I shull feel proud that my suggestions have not all boon in vuin. Tho first object of every furmcr should ho to inoloso and break n sufficient quanta of land so that ho would only have ouo hull' or a portion of his farii in grain the same sea froii, let him havn fallow laud to seed ovnry fall ; do not product wheat on the rkiuo IuiiiI two years in succession ; let each (armor break his land as early as possible utter tho grain is harvested. There is but littlo doubt if the laud is woll broken or ploughed during tho suminor, that it will prevont it from bak ing or getting too hard to plough at any time. Ono reason why this suggestion is offered, is that great complaints aro made and justly too, that during tho summer and fall the lands aro too hard to plough until the rain commences in tho Fall, consequently the laud was wet when ploughed and the grain sowed in tho mud, it remained wet aud mini, dy during tho winter. Ilcncoil is, when tin dry weather sols -in tho Isnd bakes aud be. conies hard. Now lot tho farmer plough his land in the summer during the dry weather, aud get it sufficiently pulverised, it is my humblo opinion that by a proper cultivation it will not again bake or become so hard hut that it msyl)o ploughed at any time, then, by pcrmiling htm to aeed his land at any timo, pcrmiling him to experiment upon tin time of sowing and ultimately selecting that timo to sow his wheat best calculated to pro duco the greatest and surest quantity of grain. Now if tho two foregoing proposi tions, (that of having fullow land and that of having tho land pulvoriard so as to admit of ploughing at any timo,) bo correct tho fann er is placed in a situation that ho may ex periment by seeding his land at any time lit' thinks proper. Then lot him now white wheat in August, September, October and November, let hint sow red wheat in tho Fall, and both red and white wheat in the Spring ; by such a course of funning it will be easy to ascertain tho best timo to seed his laud, f.he labor will bo easier anil mora comfortable, as it msy bo performed in dry weather and tho time to perform it in better uptiortiorirtl, the bar vet, t will come on earlier, and afford a Ix'ttcr op. portuuity for securing the grain, by adopt ing such u eoursf! of farming, the producer will be rewarded more abundantly in his liurveM, his crops will lie uvnr certain, his own interest and that of the entire country promoted. If Agricultural societies should be organ iwd, the whole policy of farming could then lx- ably aud properly discussed, as well as the Kjiitieal economy so necessary to ho a dopted by every farmer in Oregon. PLOUGH HOY. Oregon, 10th Aug., 1817. For the Oregon Kiwctator. HlMBsSlcr. Of ull the evils which now exist in Ore. gnu, no one I consider is so detrimental t the happiness of society as slundcr and its despicable associates liiquisitiveuess and tale-telling. Intemperance is an evil, a great eil, but the intemperate mini injures him self more than any other, while slander bus for its object the direct injury of others, ami moreover often fancies thereby to gain to it self friends and applause. Time was when Oregon was u happy and peaceful country, when wc had no lawn nor need of any when each one felt an interest in his neigh Iwr's prosperity, aud us far us in him lay was willing to promote itwhen party uud fictional spirit was uot manifested ; then Oregon was a lund of liberty unshackled and free, but now the happiness and peace of neighborhoods are disturbed by the slan derer. Laws and laws enforced, are ncue. sary to sustain tho people's rights. 111. will manifested in overy guiso is tho result, and well will it bo if it ends here. A slanderer is indicated by making enqui ries which do not at ull rclato to his or her business by making remarks of others which do not concern himself nor tho person spoken to, and particularly his coming to you "infrieniUhip to tell what others have said against you, when ho will generally begin by saying "l felt it my duty to tell you," or "I could not puss without letting you know it." Such a person I dread as I would a vi per. A wise, educated, and strong mind will never slander, nor in any wise engage in tat tling, but will leave this low business to those to whom it belongs viz : silly women and fools. This state of backbiting in Oregon, has been begotten by peoplo who have come I hero within a foW years whoso minds are us uneducated us their own vocabulary, ami as deop as tho black on their shoos, who are "loiorrful" in collecting a "right smart strrnntli" of talk and understanding "mighty well" how to "oc" it about tb each olhor's houses 'till it amounts to a "heap," und who will when defeated urgo their 'brutes" past your house as though pursued by tho shall ow of llioir own tioformity, and with their eyes peeping nt yount tho vory brim of their hats, us though they fearod to bohold tho un scathed visagu of thoso thoy hate. From audi may Oregon soon recover her. self. M. J. 13.