, 1858-11-26


the establishment Of a separate oae'fOr TIE
territories Of Oregon and Washington.
Such are few OF the vast number Of bene-
hts and VindicatiOns Of the national honor
conferred upon the country and the Ameri-
can name thus far, under the administra-
tion Of Mr. BUCHANAN = HE i4t
Bnt in taking a Retrospective look at
events as, they have transpired within our
own territory for the past year, and we
6nd an abundance of material concerning
which, no doubt, volumes will be written.
In brief, and most important, vigorous
and successful campaign has been carried
on by the military against the hostile In
dians east Of the Cascade mountains the
past season, and the latter have given evil
dence that they consider themselves as hav-
ing been subdued, and that for the future
they are willing to submit themselves to
the justice, mercy and consideration Of the
general government The large extent of
country over which they have heretofore
roamed at WIN, has. It appears, BY late
order Of Gen HARSEY virtually been
thrown open for settlement, which is signif-
cant Of the fact that the Military Com
mandant Of this division is determined to
keep the Indians in subsection, and protest
the settler against hOstiilies upon eay Of
the pnblio lands. Our Indian affairs look
brightly, compared to the appearance they
wore one year ago. ~ . ''''a'lu .'.
The gold excitement Of the past season,
which for a time cohIhlsed and orevolu-
toned, In q measure, the northern portion
Of our territory, and the effects Of which
we're felt throughout its limits, has quite
subsided, without having greatly added to
the wealth, or contributed to the bank.
ruptey Of any considerable number Of our
felIow,citizsns, that we are. aware of.
Luekily for them, perhaps, but compare
lively few of our permanent citizensj re-
moved from the scenes Of excitement at the
north, we're taken captive by the golden
speculative bauble that allured SO many
thousands 70 our shores from California and
elsewhere. The mass Of our people re-
mained Quietly at home, steadily engaged
in the pursuit Of that wealth which is OBJ
tanned slowly yet surely. and thus escaped
the visitation Of want and pecuniary dis
trsss that has borne so heavily upon, and
been feltso keeuly by 80 many of the in
habitan,s Of their irneighboriug territory and
Of California 1t affords US pleasure to be
able to say, however, that number Of our
citizens have been handsomely rewarded
for the time and labor devoted by them in
the pursuit o. gold on Frazer river.
The future prospects Of cur territory are
much more encouraging now than they
have been at any time in the past, Her
commercial Relations are exteldlng-all
branches of industry are ina flourishing
conditlOn. and labor. as heretofore, meets
with 4 sure reward. The coming year,
some Of our shrewdsst business men pre-
dict will be characterized by unwAnted
activity and enterprise and that new
era Is about to dawn in n'alIl departments Of
trade and cQmmsreial sbterpriss. and we
most sincerely trust that the prophecy may
be realized. 70 19yo .ila sHa mssi l.tp''
oIu'thus presenting to our subscribers the
6rst number of Che seventh volume Of this
paper. We would observe that 10 sltera-
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IscriptiOn or advertising, and we would es-
peeially suggest to many Of them the i'm
portance Of attending more promptly to
the liquidation Of their respective indebted
ness. We desire no one to take the "PIo-
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pose Of PatroRiziMg the establishment. We
consider 6fty-two numbers Of the paper as
fully equivalent to IS. Those that think
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way; and we trust that none will permit
their subscriptions to continue who do not
think they are getting their money's worth,
or who expect to repudiate their indebted
ness. -.
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