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SALEM, OREGON TERRITORY,! JANUARY 13, 1857.
NUMBER XLIV.
VOLUME VI.
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Tlta 3Uta; Ship.
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Xo news frntn the misainc; ahip,
With her preciooa freiffbt of tiras.
, j....-.- Tfpb im aWte tWIna
At hoawaad. lorera, wivcal
Tbe nation mind is troubled
To learn the re ! fate :
Safe haven ny he find, at Imt.
With her thrice-precious freight I
This b mighty mi-tre
In thi dread wrirld of onrs ;
Roaring in the Pol tr Reelona,
Or buildina; coral bower.
Within her irrand. Jd chamber.
What trra.nrM lie concealed
The conauciing fleets nf (Vtrthaee. ' ' ' ' ;
And hoBt with spear and shield. . .
If o news front the miinjr ship !
Ha she struck on frwtrn shores t
Or. br an iceheix hnttnrd.
Soo'cht port in the far Ara?
Or anchnrsMre. firrvcx.
In ocean has she found
Vat tomb, where Hope lies bailed.
Aad Royalty disctuwa'd!
The winds we bare arnestloned. oftesi.
That Undward wildly blow ;
They only mma and whistle.
But say not vn. nor so I
When will tbe rows in strsinirr '
Approach our coast afr.iin ?
Cire answer, bls-rt of mill ti ;'it
Give answer, roaring main !
Prayers for her safety, nightly,
Rie front a million tips s
A ariimraerins of hope remains
That should not know eclipse.
Hit the sirnal-amn aire token
that she is under way.
Wtih her precirms freizbt of haaaa lives.
And Btovina; up tbe Bay !
TBI Wtrpt r ot I'rimc.
ntoa rvNcit.
Ton tponttn? pomps. In solemn teaeue combined
To throw cold water upon all mankind.
Yon. by the Yankee M line Law who propose,
Kach tip to shut and every bar to close.
There is a point which I mist have yon clear,
k. ? you'll pnrsnade me to relinquish beer.
"T held by yon. who go to the t tal swine,
A wirkedne to taste a drop of wine :
Yon aay. of l 'rimes nnfataomable sink.
Thesnarce aad f nnUio is fermented drink;
Aad r-pes and grain. en?endrrin( alcohol.
Are Irutt whose prison works another fall.
Cease, rumps, awhile to snoot, and Took around,
Behold what rocnes on every aide abonnd !
Mere base Tntees infrinre a sacred bond ;
There, scoundrel ehrks emt-czle and abscond :
Clients, to min Bankinc Firms betray.
And Shareholders become Director "a prey.
Peclare. Hydraulic Engines. Is it trne
That lienor leads such knaves as these askew ?
Pay. do vi!l lins mostly first rn smn;
Throoch predilection for potations strong ?
And is the tribe of ssrinnVrs. as a class.
Created by a passion for tbe glass ?
Was pious Paul sedieed by cordial rin ?
Itid Strahaa part ike the spit it and the sis?
Was Bites bv baleful brandy overcome?
Iid Sadl cr ""ill hy whbkv or by rum ?
And have the victims of tlte British Bank,
The bnttle for their robbery to thank ?
O Pumps! if truth sicked from your wells might be.
And H Tiesty imbibed in drinking tea.
Could Hon be in ginger beer conveyed.
Integrity infused in lemonade :
Let Parliament -A swipes the sale restrain.
And Punch wUl bellow for the law of Maine.
TUe Homeward BoandU
r a as. ri.Lr kit BLr.vr.
Of all the ships that sail the sea,
I'm ling the earth amand.
There are none that sail so merrily
As thw-e that are homeward b-Kind.
Th-a poor the wine, and pour it free
As tbe tide on the thirsty groand.
Aru by wTe and wine tbe toast shall be
A home to the homeward boond !
Fin high the wine, while the seas flow fast,
WH ha welcome to those who rome.
Though tbe stars be guiding some at last
To shipwreck invtosd of home.
But fill, f.ir well hail them cheerily,
Be life or death around.
And o'er wave and wine tbe spell shall be
A borne fur the homeward bound !
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Tear, scatter, bum destroy but keep them sot!
I hate drnd those liv'ine witnesses
Of varying self, of good or ill forgot.
Of alirred hopes and withered kindnesses.
Oh. call not np thoe shadows of the dead.
Those visions of the past, that idlv M
The present with reirret for blesmnrs fled ;
This hand that wrote, this ever teeming head.
This flfc-fcering heart is full of chance and change ;
I wsj Id not have yon watt-h -my weaknesses,
Xor how my foolish likings roam and range..
Nor how the mushroom friendships of a day .
Hastened in hot-bed ripeness to decav.
Xor how to mine own self I grow no strange.
HarTMt Sfo
Frond ships bold both mlver and gold,
. - Tbe wealth of a distant strand ;
But ships would rot and be valued not,
Were there none to till the laid.
The wildest heath and the wildest brake, ' '
An rich aa the riches fleet.
For taey rfaddea the wild birds wbea they wake,
And give them food to eat. .
Aad with willing hands, and spade and plough.
The gttd'nin hour shs.ll come,
When that which is railed the waste land now
Shall ring with the harvest home. .
A Elopement Cask. A New, York
gentleman married a roting Baltimore lady
boat a year a so, and last Fall they took
op their abode in Lowell. A Baltimore
merchant, aa old acquaintance of the bride,
coon afterward made his appearance, and
tra very attentive to the lady atd her hus
band. One evening when the party were
at fashionable saloon, the bosband was
called oat for a short time, and dnring his
Absence an elopement was planned between
the lady and her friend. A person in an
adjoining alcove overheard the arrangement,
and ent the husband an anonymous letter
of warning. The hnband kept a sharp
lookout, and last Wednesday discovered
that bis wife had telegraphed to the mer
chant, aereeino; to meet him in Boston at
3 o'clock that day. The hosband immedi
ately informed his wife that he was going
" down east," and coming to this city,
waited anxionsly the arrival of the train
from Lowell. On its arrival the lady was
met by the merchant, and the twain got into
a carriage and drove to the American
Hoase, the hnsband following in another
carriage. The husband then went to a law
yer, and at midnight, in company with his
hia lawyer and a deputy sheriff, proceeded
to the American House, and surprised the
conple in their room, they baring retired
for the niht. A stormy time ensued, but
the mtt-r was finally settled, the hnsband
taking $.",00J from tbe merchant, and
agreeing to iak la wif a-rain.
An
Iru.. c.iui.ti:i'. in Lis list of
jonm.-y expenses, entered in the item of
"rcfrcsumei.t for horses," three-pence worth
pf whip-cord. .
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We once knew, a mon whom neither care
nor sorrow seemed to n fleet; who at sixty
had the dieestion and flow of spirits of a
man at twenty-one, and who had acquired a
large fortune apparently without an effort;
who, in short, was the happiest of men, and
the enTy of all who knew him. " How is
it," we said to hhn, " that yon are so fortn
nate? What talisman secures to you alt
these advantages?" He smiled as he an
swered, " I have no talisman, unless it is to
make the best of everything."
To make the best of everything! Like a
key to a problem, the answer bn looked for
ns, at once, the whole of the great mystery.
Life is too short and happiness to precious
to consume the cne and throw away the
other in idle, unavailing regrets. Even if
ill fortone swells into a flood, threatening to
ondermhie the rery ground n which we
stand, is it not wiser to strive to bridge the
torrent than to wait, bewailing out fate till
the waters swallow nsr llie weak and un
stable succumb to destiny, and are washed
into oblivion. The wise and brave, accept
ing circumstances as they present themselves,
plunge boldly, like lloratius of old, into the
stream, win the further shore in safety, and
earn immortal guerdon and renown.
Few men, if any, ever succeeded in life
who have not learned to make the best of
everything, and generally, their success is in
exact proportion to their adherence to the
rule. Does a debtor fail? Every merchant
knows that it is the best conrse, if tbe debt
or is honest, to accept bis first offer of com
promision, and not squander money in use
less litigation. Have you become insolvent
yourself f The worst thing you can do is to
give np to despair, and say that it is folly
trying to redeem yourselves. Has a friend
misjudged yon, or an enemy done yon secret
harm? Don't lose precious moments in sen
tlmental grier over ingratitude, or passion
ate threats at your wrong-doer, but go to
work on the instant to shame yonr friend or
disarm yonr foe. Had Astor, when he was
a poor German emigrant, made np his mind
that the attempt to be a millionaire was ab
surd, he might have died a beggar in the
alms-house. Had Washington, when Corn
wallis pursued him across New Jersey, with
thirty thousand troops, said that it was
hocless to save America with his fragment
of an army, his three thousand tattered con
tinentals, we might all, this day, have been
in slavery to Great Britain; but be said,
"If the British cross the Delaware I will
cross the Alleghanies, and if they are victo
rious there I w ill fly to the wilderness be
yond;" and this resolution never to give up.
but always to mace the bet or every thing
led to the victory of Trenton and the free
dom of the Republic.
We are familiar with people who whine
continually at fate. To believe them never
was lot so hard as theirs ; yet those who
know their history will generally tell yon
that their life has been bat one long tale of
opportunities disregarded, or misfortunes
otherwise deserved. Perhaps they were
born poor. In this case they hate the rich,
and have always hated them, but withont
fever having emulated their prudence .or en
ergy. Perhaps they have seen their rivals
more favored by accident. In this event
they forgot how many have been less lucky
thiin themselves ; so they squandered their
'.ttle, because, as they say, they cannot save
a much as others. Irritated at life, they
grow old prematurely. Dissatisfied with
everything, they never permit them-elves
to be happy. Because they are not born at
the top of the wheel of fortune, they refuse
to take hold of the spoke as the latter comes
around, but lie stubborn in the dirt, crying
like spoiled children, neither doing anything
themselves, nor permitting others to do it
for them.
Make the best of everything. At home
if wife or husband is cross, if servants are
careless, if children are irritating, don't fly
into a pasion, for that will do no good, but
make the best of the circumstances, fulfil
your duty, and wait for happier times.
Abroad things look unpromising, preserve
a stout heart, keep cool and play your hand
to the best of your ability. Even if fate
has the first move, which is not always the
case, you have the second; and the game
may still be yours, if you play skillfully and
hojefully. Baltimore Sun.
, The United States of America Fore
told ix the Birle. This was the subject
of a lecture, delivered by Mr. Pitts, in the
Tabernacle," New York, recently. ' The lec
ture demonstrated that the rise of a great
nationality was promised in an age of intel
ligence, energy and locomotion, and argued
that this was not literally the restoration of
the Jews, but the prophecy was realized
in the political and religions organization of
the United States. That this country arose
when and where it was promised, at the end
of 1,290 prophet days from the destruction
of Jerusalem by Titus, which period ter
minated on the 4th of July, 1776. ' lie
said that the land pictured in the prophecy
of Daniel, was to be inhabited by a people
oat of all nations ; that it was to be located
between two seas the Eastern and Wes
tern that its cities and villages should have
neither walls, nor gates, nor bars, and that
it was to be first visited by ships of Spain ;
that emigration should come for the freedom
of worshipping God, and that it was to be
a Republic, and that this Republic should
be en epoch in the history of humanity, to ,
earning, agriculture, commerce, and trade :
that the United States was the stone king
dom promised by Daniel the man child :
born of the Yirgin Woman of the Wilder-!
ness the land shadowing with wings. In j
fact, that this great country and Govern
ment was a child of Providence, and was
nurtured and raised op as the model Gov
ernment of the world, to which the empires
of the earth would finally conform. But
before Republicans became world-wide, the
the great battle of civil and religious liberty
on one side, and ecclesiastical despotism on
the other, would come off on tbe field of
Armageddon. True or false, tbe speaker
evidently placed bis arguments clearly and
logically before an appreciating audience.
iWtr Yorkpaper. -
The Boston Post has credit for the
last liquid remedy for baldness, as follows :
" Use brandy externally until the hair
grows, and then take it
the roots.".
internal!--- to clinch
tof A vwnau has been fined $25 in Ral
eigh for goiug to a soiree in a state of semi-
nudity.
Make the Beat of K vers thing
( Ilnlt-s for Patting sip Krult In Tin Cans. '
1st. Get your cans of, a tinner that you
know from experience makes tight work,
and if he charges a fair price, you will have
a better chance of getting good cans. '
Sd. Get the same tinner to solder them
up, and he cannot then charge any defect
npon any other person. If ytw delay him
so that it takes him two Or three hours to
solder one dozen cans, pay him for the! time
instead of graduating the price by the num
ber of cans. .;! -
3. If you cook the fruit, as tomatoes are
generally done, there is very little trouble.
They should be soldered as Roon as filled,
and should not be left five or ten minntes
cooling off, as some do; for success depends
on ha-, ing the small vacancy at the top of
the can filled with vaior from the cooked
fruit, and not with atmospheric air. If an
experienced person does the soldering, a
pin-hole should be made in the cover, and
left open until the cover is soldered on
tight, and then it can be easily closed. A a
experienced person w ill not need it. Shortly
after they ore filled, the cooling will con
dense the vapor, and if they are soldered
tight, the pressure of the atmosphere will
sink the ends in, and if tapped with the fin
ger on the end, they will sound solid. Ifi
they leak,- they will rattle, and must be
made tight as soon as possible, for if at
mospheric air gets in, it will cause the fruit
to ferment and be spoiled.
4th.' If fruit is put in raw and cold,
(peaches for instance,) the spaces between
shou d be filled with water or weak syrup,
to within one half inch of top of can, and
the top soldered on, with a pin-hole left in
the center. The cans should then be set in
a suitable vessel ou n stove, and surrounded
with water to such a height that when boil
ing hot it will not qnite cover the cans.
They should be left there until the fruit is
thoronghly heated to the boiling point,
which time will be a matter of calculation,
bnt they bad much better remain too long
than not long enor.gh, for success with this
method depends npon the heat evaporating
the juice of the frnit, and driving ont the
air from the small pores of the fruit, and
putting water, or a vacuum, In its place.
Experience has shown that this caunot be
done by any air-pump, or by any means oth
er than through heating to the boiling point.
hen the mitt is thoroughly heated as di
rected, take out the cans one by one, and
immediately close the pin-hole with solder.
A surer plan is as follows: Put the fruit
peeled and cut up, in a vessel with enough
water or weak svritp to just fill up the spa
ces between the pieces, and heat them to the
boiling point; stir them as little as possible,
to avoid breaking, and when sufficiently hot
proceed as in rule 3d.
5th, and very important rule. Far your
bill upon presentation, for if you should
want this summer's work done be'ore you
pay for the last, you may happen to have
some fruit spoiled, for tinners are human as
well as other people, and although they may
not flatly refuse to work for you. they wav
do your work so b idly as to lead you to go
somewhere else next time. They won't
want your custom when it don't pay. Ci
cinnati Gt:e'te.
Iwportaxt TntAi- Congregation for Po-
litietl Prearhittfr Decided net to be a Religions
Meettng. At a recent Methodist meeting
in one of the towns in Erie county, in this
Mate, the preacher undertook to instruct
his hearers in their duty at the recent elec
tion. He denounced the present National
Administration of the general government.
as will as the Democratic and American
parties, in the most violent manner, and
called npon all the voters in the congrega
gation to vote for free speech, free Kansas,
and iremont. One of his hearers, an
American, ueing soniewnat excited, ex
claimed : " Old fellow ! I will bet you ten
to nve dollars there are more tillinore men
present than there are of the Negro wor
shippers 1" The offer was declined by the
preacher, and the person making the offer
was complained of, under the statute, for
disturbing a religious meeting. The facts
being submitted to a jury, they decided that
the meeting was not a religious, but a politi-
cm meeting, ami tue riuniore man was dis
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charged. AIlt-Tty Atia.
Am for Kansas from the Wrnow of
Lorp Bvron. Lady Byron (the widow of
the oet) transmits a subscription of 65
towards the relief of the suffering in Kan
sas, through Mrs. Stowe. In a note to
that lady, the giver desires that the money
shall not be applied to the purpose of pro
viding arm. '
We cut the above from an Atlantic ex
change, but it seems tons that the "Widow
of Ijord Byron" would have found a plenty
of needy subjects at home On wliom she
might much more creditably hare expended
her generosity. Her Lord- made himself
famous by superior mental qnalities, but the
lady being in the vocative in this respect,
tries to become notorious through the agen
cy of Mrs; Uncle Tom Beecher Stowe, by
her ostentatious display Of uncalled '-for
charity. ' Were Lord Byron alive at this
time, what a satire bi would write on this
act of his btlnred wife ! : He would proba
bly have called her attention to the wants
of his own progeny in different' parts of
Southern Europe, and advised tier of. the
old proverb, " that charity begins at home."
Strange it Is, that a lady possessing so much
of the milk of human kindness, had not bc-
bestowed a little of it on the thousands
of wounded and maimed of her own conn-
trymcn returned from the Crimea. In any
way she is but the mimic follower in the
footsteps of her illustrious predecessor, the
Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, to whose
lead she now fnwningly toadies. The Brit
ish aristocracy can find an abundance of
room for the display of their utmost charity
within the borders Of Great Britain ;
Americans can take : care of themselves.
San Francisco Sun.
S& " Sal," cried a girl, looking out of
the upper story of a small grocery, and ad
dressing another girl . who was trying to
enter at the front door, " we've all been
converted ; so when you want milk on Sun
days, you will have to come in the back way."
The first daily uewsnarier nrinted in
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' V'"' 1 i0V ana ine subscription
price was per annum. The daily pa
per of that date was not so large as a com
mon sheet of foolscap; and a dozen of them
contained about as much reading matter as
puc fiiids in a two-cent daily of oqr day.
More ." Southern ..Aggression," Tlie
South having voluntarily given -up the
whole Northwestern territory to . become
free . States, is accused of '.'aggression,"
"slavery propaganda," and what not. If
the following statement be correct there
will lie more " aggressiou" of the same sort,
br -making .a free State out of a portiou of
Texas. .. . i . ,; ;
A . Free Statu i.v Texas 7 Some may
look upon such n thing as a free State of
Western Texas as imprubable, particularly
at a time wuen sucn strenuous etiorts are
being made in Kansas, where slavery does
not exist by positive law. Yet there is a
strong probability that such an eveut , will
occur within the next tea years. Our opin
ion is based upon the fact that foreign im
migration is greater than domestic by at
least ten to one; and nponsttie well kuown
fact that foreign immigration is opposed to
slavery, from principle, prejudice and edu
cation. And there are many of the immi
grants from the older States opposed to
slavery, who quietly tolerate it so long as
it is an institution of the State but who will
vote no slavery when the question comes up
whether Western Texas shall be a free or
slave State. This fact is not generally known
if so, it is not duly considered.
The vote of the adopted citizens of
Texas now numbers at least twelve thous
and. In less thun teu years it will be in
creased to three times that number, unless
the naturalization htws are changed. The
increase will be in a much greater ratio than
that of the native born vote. San Antonio
Texan.
Some one acquainted with horse
flesh says: It is a good sign for a horse to
carry one ear forward and the other back
ward on a journey, because the stretching of
the ears iu contrary directions shows that he
is attentive to everything that is taking place
around him, and while he is so doing he
cannot be much fatigued, or likely soon to
become so. Few horses sleep without point
ing their ears as above, that they may re
ceive notice of the approach of objects in
every direction. "When horses or mules,"
says Dr. Amott, "march in company at
night, those in front direct their ears for
ward iu every direction, those iu the rear di
rect them backward, aud those in the centre
turn them laterally or across; the whole
troop seeming thus actuated by one feeling,
which watches the grneral safety."
IS" A Dutchman had made a hand
some fortune in Philidclphia by selling milk.
He started for Holland, his home, with two
bags of gold pieces. When on shipboard he
connted one bag of the dear treasure. A
mischievous monkey chanced to watch his
ottcrations. As soon as tbe bag had been
replaced and tied up, Jaco seized it, and
soon found his way to the mast-head. He
opened the bag, and after eyeing the bril
liant gold, he proceeded to drop one piece
on the deck and another in the water, uutil
he had emptied the bag. When he had fin
ished, the Dutchman threw up his arms, ex
claiming,
" Py jingos, he mus' beder tuivel. for vat
gome from der vater he dosh gib to der va
ter, and vat gomes from der milk him dosh
gib to me." '
JST" A witty druggist, on a cold night
last winter, w as woke up by a terrible rap
ping at his door. Going down he found a
poor fellow who wauted to purchase a dose
of salts. The shop was entered, the dose
prepared, and a half dime put in the drawer.
' How mnch did you make in that opera
tion t" asked his wife, as he got into bed.
" Four cents," was the reply. " A shame
it is," returned the irritated dame, " for a
man to disturb your rest just for a dose of
" salts." "Recollect my love," &aid the
druggist, " that one dose of salts will dis
turb the man's rest more than it has mine,
and reflect that these little inconveniences
always work well in time."
" I 6ee," said a young lady, " that
some bookseller advertises blank declara
tions for sale, I wish I could get oue."
LAWS OF ORKCOX TERH1TORY.
" Skc 9. Fvery law so ptililished (in the paper pub
lished lir the Territorial printer) mav be read in evi
dence from the paper in which it shU be contained,
in all courts of justice in this Territory, and in pnx-ee.l-inirs
tierire any office, body or board, until fix months
after the rlose of the session st which it became a
law." Ihr Statute! of On gem.
AN
ACT to amend " nn net to regulate
the Treasury Department."
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Oregon, that
the Territorial treasurer shall pay all Terri
torial Warrants of the Territorial auditor,
when presented, if there be money in the
treasury for that purpose, and write on the
face of such warrant, the date of redemp
tion, and his signature. If there be' no
funds to pay snch warrtfifwhcn presented,
he shall endorse thereon, "Not ' paid, for
want of funds ;" and the date of such pre
sentment over bis signature, and such war
rant shall thenceforth draw legal interest
provided that such interest shall cease froni
the dato of notice, by publication in the1
Territorial newspaper, to be; giyen by the
Territorial treasurer, that there are funds
to redeem ' such . outstanding warrants;
which notice such treasurer shall give in such
case. , '.;.
' Skc. 2. When the Territorial treasurer
shall redeem any warrant on which interest
was due, lie shall note on such warrant the
amount of interest by him paid thcrcou,
and shall enter on his account the amount
of such interest, distinct from the principal.
Sec. 3. All Territorial warrants shall be
redeemed by the treasurer according to thcif
priority of the time of presentment.
Sec. 4. The treasurer shall immediately
after his appointment, execute and deliver
to the Governor a bond to the Territory in
the sura of fifty thousand dollars, with not
less than seven sureties to be approved of
by the Governor, conditioned to tbe faith
ful performance of all the duties required,
or which may be required of him by law.
Sec. 5. The Territorial auditor shall re
ceive an annual salary of five hundred dol
lars, . to be audited by the Territorial treas
urer, and paid by him out of any money iu
the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 6. All acts aud parts of acts incon
sistent with the provisions of this act, are
hereby repealed. . .'
Sec. 1. This act to take effect from aud
after its passage.
Passed, Dec. U, 1856,
; jr ! ; . BY AUTHOIUTf ' ' j
tlAWS OF. TUEJUNiTED STATES.
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: TIliRTT-FOURTH COSORESS FIRST SESSIONS j
AN ACT to authorize protection to be gi
cu to citizens of the United States who
may discover deposits of guano.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That w hen
any citizen or citizens of the United States
.may have discovered, or 'shall hereafter dis
cover, a deposit or guano on any island, rock
or key not within the lawful jurisdiction of
any other government, and shall take peace
able possession thereof, and occupy the same,
said island, rock or key may, ot the discre
tion of the President of the United States,
be considered as appertaining to the United
States; Provided, however, That notice be
given by snch discoverer or discoverers, as
soon as practicable, to the State Depart
ment of the United States of such discove
ry, occupation and possession, verified by
affidavit, describing said island, rock or key,
and the latitude and longitude thereof, 83
nenr as may be, and showing that such pos
session was taken in the name of the United
States, and that satisfactory evidence be
furnished to the State Department that such
island, rock or key was not nt the time of
the discovery thereof, or of the taking pos
session and occupation thereof by the claim
ants, in the possession or occupation of any
other government, or of the citizens of any
other government.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the said discoverer or discoverers, or his or
their assigns being citizens of the United
States, mny be allowed, at the pleasure of
Congress, the exclusive right of occupying
said island, rocks or keys, for the purpose of
obtaining said guano, and of selling and de
livering the s:ime to citizens of the Uuited
States, for the purpose of being used there
in, and may be allowed to charge and re
ceive for every ton thereof delivered along
side a vessel, in proper tubs, within reach of
ships tackle, a sum not exceeding eight dol
lars per ton for the best quality, or four
dollars in its native place of deposit, Pro
vided, however, That no gnano shall be ta
ken from said island, rock or key, except for
the use of the citizens of the United States,
or of persons resident therein, as aforesaid.
And provided also, That said discoverer or
discoverers, or his or their nssigns shall first
enter into bonds with such penalties and se
curities as may be required by the President
to deliver the said guano to citizens of the
United Stat?s, for tbe purpose of being used
therein, and to none others, and at the price
aforesaid, and to provide all necessary fa
cilities for that purpose within a time to be
fixed in said bond. And any breach of the
provisions thereof shall be taken and deem
ed n forfeiture of all rights accruing under
and by virtue of this act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the introduction of gnand from such islands
rocks or keys, shall be regulated as in the
coasting trade between different parts of the
"'nited states, and the same laws shall gov
ern the vessels concerned thereiu.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That
nothing in this act contained shall be con
strued obligatory on the United States to
retain possession of the islauds, ro.ks or
keys ns aforesaid, after the guano shall have
been removed from the same.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States is hereby
authorized, at his discretion, to employ the
land and naval forces of the United States
to protect the rights of the said discoverer,
or discoverers, or his, or their assigns, as
aforesaid.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
until otherwise provided' by law, all acts
doiie, and offences or crimes committed, on
every such island, rock, or keys, by persons
who may land thereon, or in the waters ad
jacant thereto, shall be held and deemed to
have been done or committed on the high
seas, on board a merchant ship or vessel be
longing to the United States, and be pun
ished according to the laws of the Uuited
States relating to such ships or vessels and
offences on the high seas; which laws, for
the purposes aforesaid, are hereby extended
to aud over such islands, rocks or keys.
A RESOLUTION authorizing the accept
ance of certain Medals from Foreign
Governments..
Be it resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That Sur
geon Thomas jVilliamson mid . Passed As
sistant Surgeon James F. . Harrison, of tbe
Uuited Suites Navy, be and ,they are here
by authorized to accept the gold medals re
cently awarded to them by the Emperor of
France. .
Sec. 2. And be it farther resolved, That
Lieut M. F, Alaury, of the United States
Navy, be, and he is hereby authorized to ac
cept the gold medals recently presented to
him by the governments ; of Prussia and
Holland, and the Republic of Brenieu.
Approved August 30, 1856. .. : .
A RESOLUTION allowing' Doctor E. K.
Kane, and the Officers associated with
him. in their late Expedition to the Arctic
Seas, in search of Sir John Franklin, to
accept such ' Token of Acknowledgment
from the Government' ot" Great Britaiu
os it may please to present.'' ,"r ' .
Whereas, the' President of 'the United
States lias communicated to Congress a re
quest from the Government, of Great Bri
tain that permission should be given by this
Government . allowing Doctor. Elislia K.
Kane,, a Passed Assistant Surgeon iu the
Navy of the United States, and the. officers
who were with him in his late expedition to
the Arctic seas iu search of Sir John Frauk
lin, to accept from the Government of Great
Britaiu some "token of thankfulness," and
as a memorial of the sense cutertained by
that Government of ''their arduous. and
generous services'' In tint behalf '
; Be it resolved by the Seriate and House of
Representatives "of the 'Uuited States of
America', in Congress assembled. That Con
gress hereby consents . that : Dr. Elisha K.
Kane, of the Navy of Ithe United States.
and such of the officers who were with him
in the expedition aforesaid, as may yet re
main in the service of the' United States,
may accept from the Government of Great
Britain such token of the character afore
said as may be the' pleasure of that goyern
ment to present to tbein. ' . .
Approved August 30, 1856, -
AN1 ACT 16 ' amend ?ari' act entitled to Ah
'act to establish a court" for -thfe IriVesUa
! tfon of claims against the Uh'ited States,"
; approved February 1 twnty-tourth,' eigh-
' teen Hundred and' fifty-live.. ; . ' ' .
" Be it enacted by the Seriate and House
of Representatives of the United States' f
America in Congress assembled,'' That any
two of the Judges -of thi ' court of claims,
authorized by the act' td which this is an
amendment, approved the, twenty-fourth of
February, eighteen hundred ufty-hye,, shall
constitute a qnorum, and may hold a court
for the transaction of business, and tbe said
court may appoint commissioners to take
testimony in the manner prescribed in the
said act. -!i - ' ' ''
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
an assistant solicitor shall be appointed by
the President, whose duty its hall be to aid
the solicitor iu the performance of the duties
mentioned in said act, take an oath to snp
port the Constitution of the United States,
aud discharge faithfully the duties of his
office, and shall receive an annnal salary of
three thousand five hundred dollars, and
hold his office Xor four years, unless sooner
removed by the President. The solicitor
mentioned in the act to which this is an
amendment, shall have power, and is hereby
authorized to employ a depnty, at a salary
of twenty-five hundred dollars per annnm,
whose duty it shall be to aid the solicitor in
the performance of the duties mentioned in
said act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the clerk of said court is hereby authorized
to disburse, under the direction of said court
the contingent fund which may be appropri
ted for the use of said court, Provided, he
shall first give a bond, with snch security as
shall be approved by the Secretarv of the
Treasury; And provided further, That his
account shall be settled by the proper ac
counting officers of the treasury as other ac
counts of pnblic disbursing agents are settled.
And from and after the first of April, eigh
teen hundred fifty-six, the said clerks' salary
shall be three thousand dollars per aunuin.
and his assistant, two thousand dollars.
Approved August, 6, 1356
AN ACT to constitute the Cities of Han
uibal, Missouri, and Peoria, Illinois, ports
of Delivery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
city of Hannibal, in tbe State of Missouri,
shall be and is hereby constituted a port of
delivery, annexed to and made a part of
the collection district of New Orleans, and
shall be sabject to the same regulations and
restrictions as other ports of delivery in the
United States, and all the privileges and fa
cilities afforded by the act of Congress of
second March, eighteen hundred and thirty
one, entitled " An act allowing the duties
on foreign merchandise imported into Pitts
burgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Lonisviile,
St. Louis, Nashville and Natchez, to be se
cured and paid at those places," shall be and
are hereby extended to said port. A sur
veyor of the customs shall be appoiuted to
reside at said port and perform tbe dnties
prescribed by law, aud shall receive in full
compensation for his services a salary of one
thousand dollars per annum, i ; (
Sec. 2. -And be it farther enacted. That
reoria, in the State of Illinois, be and is
hereby constituted a port of delivery within
the collection district of New Orleans, and
there shall be appointed a surveyor of the
customs for such port, who shall be resident
thereat. Said surveyor shall perform the
duties and receive the salary and emolu
ments prescribed by the act of Congress ap
proved on the second day of March, eigh
teen hundred and thirty-one, entitled ''An
act allowing the duties on foreign merchan
dise imported into Pittsburg, Wheeling.Cin
cinnati, St. Louis, Nashville and Natchez,
to be secured and paid at those places." -
Approved April 5, 1856.
AN ACT to continue temporarily the Land
Offices at Kalamazoo, in the State of
Michigan, aud at Palmyra, in the State
of Missouri ,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That the
offices of register and receiver of the Land
Office ot Kalamazoo, in the Stats of Michi
gan, anikthe office itself shall be continued
uutil such time as, iu the opinion of the
Prcsideut, the same can be discontinued
without prejudice to the public interests.
And that until that time, the act of Con
gress approved June twelfth, eighteen hun
dred forty, shall not apply to the said office
or officers.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That
the compensation of the said register and
receiver shall be allowed them agreeably to
law, during the time of discontinuance un
der the existing order.
Sec. 3." Aud be it further enacted, That
the provisions of sections one and two of
this act are hereby made applicable to tbe
Land Office at Palmyra, in the State of
Missouri, and. the register and receiver
thereof. '
Approved April 5, 1S56.
AN ACT making appropriations for restor
ing and .maintaining the peaceable dispo
sition of the Indian tribes on the Pacific,
.. and for ethor purposes. :
Be it enacted by the ' Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of three hundred thousand dollars be
and tbe same is hereby appropriated out- of
any moneys in the treasury 1 not otherwise
appropriated, to be expended .under tbe di
rection of the Presidentof the - United
States,, for restoring . nd maintaining tbe
peaceable disp-sitiou of the Indian tribes oa
the Pacific;' . .; v." ' i
Sec. 2. And be.it further enacted. That
the sum of one hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars be aud the same, is hereby ap
propriated out of any money in the treasu
ry not otherwise appropriated, ; for-: .the pur
chase pf guupowdtor for jthe-Pacocoast.,
A RESOLUTI QX authorizing Alexander
"" Dl Bache to accept a Medal presented to
him by the King of Sweden. ; ' '.''"'
Be it resolved by the Seua.te and House of
Representatives of the;. United States "of
America in Congress assembled, That AhJx
ander D. Bache,, Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, be and he is " hereby author
zed to accept the gold medal ' feceutly pre
sented to him by the King of Sweden
Approved August 30, 1S56. ' ' ":'"''
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
'r. -'fcO ' ''SxtEif, Moxdat, January 5.
" (joCKcruN quorum present.
c: .ArrERjfooS.--Fire members' appeared in
their seats this, afternoon, but no business
was transacted beyoud the usual routine.
j", 'Januarys.
(HocsE, On '".the, reassembling of the
House after the recess of the holidays, this
morning, sixteen members answered to their
names. .
'Mr. Dryer presented a petition for the re
snrvey of the " meridian road" from Port
land to Salem, and for charter of tbe Odd
Fellows Lodge at Portland, lleferred to
appropriate committees. Also memorial of
Mr. King in relation to the Penitentiary.
Referred to select committee on Peuitentia
ry affairs. -
4 Mr. Smith of Linn, presented s petition
for charter of a Literary Institute at Alba
ny. Referred to committee of one. Chair
named Mr. Smith, of Linn.
Mr. Brown, of 3fuItnomah, presented a
petition for the submission of the qnestioa
of a prohibitory liquor law to the people.
Referred to select committee Brown, of
Multnomah, Bennett and tTnderwood.
Also, petition of commissioners of Multno
mah connty for an act empowering county
commissioners to fix tolls of ferries. Refer
red to committee on roads and ferries.
Mr. Smith, of Linn, introdneed a bill to
establish the Montville Institnte, Linn Co.
Mr. Dryer introduced a bill to incorpo
rate th Lyceum at Portland.
Bill to change the road from Salem to
Corvallis referred to committee on roads and
highways.
Bill to incorporate the city of Salem re
ferred to committee on corporations.
Bills to provide for building bridges, and
to amend an act organizing Carry connty,
were referred to appropriate committees.
Ordered to engrossment bill to establish
a pilotage at Coos bar bill to incorporate
the Jefferson Institute bill to incorporate
Corvallis Lodge.
Bill relating to sale of school lands laid
on the table.
Bill allowing the court to admit certain
half-breeds, of good standing, intelligence,
and holding property, to tbe rights of citi
zenship, referred to seiect committee Mof
fitt, CoIIard and Rose.
Bill to amend an act relating to assessors
referred to committee of the who!e.
House went into committee of the whole
on the - foreign miners tax Avery in the
chair. Reported bill back to the House.
Mr. Smith, of Linn, moved the miners'
taxation bill be laid on the table. Motion
prevailed. Ayes Messrs. Berry, Cochran,
Gates, Mathews, Miller, Rogers, Rose,
Smith, of Linn, Underwood and Speaker
10. I)Tays Messrs. Allen, Avery, Barr,
Bennett, IJrown, of Multnomah, CoIIard,
Moffitt and Smith, of Jackson 8. Ad
journed. '
Afterxoox. Mr. Rogers , presented the
remonstrance of the county commissioners of
Curry connty against the proposed act re
quiring Curry county to pay a portion of
the debt of the original connty of Coos.
Referred to committee on counties.
; Dryer gave notice of a bill making it a
penal offence to entice sailors from vessels
while in the ports of the Territory, or to
harbor or conceal them. Adjourned.
January G.
Corxciu The special order of the day
the case of the contested seat of member
from Polk County was taken op. It will
be recollected that the committee reported
a tie, and recommended reference to the
people. More testimony has been elicited
in the interim, which disposes the committee
of the whole to consider Mr. Ford legally
elected. Col. Kelly discussed the evidence
in detail this morning, taking the above view
of the matter. Adjourned. -.:
Afterxoox. Case of contested seat re
sumed in committee of the whole. Com
mittee listened to the arguments of the
counsel for Mr. Holmes Mr. II ay den and
Mr. Barnnm for the sitting member.
Messrs. Kelley, Peebles and Bayley sap
ported the claims of Mr. Ford.
Committee finally . arose, recommending
that the seat be retained by . the sitting
member. Council adopted the resolution of
the committee of the whole, declaring that
Nath. Ford, the sitting member was legally
entitled to the seat , from the counties of
Folk and Tillamook, without a division.
House memorial on re-garrisoning Fort
Boise and Hall, and asking farther protec
tion from the Indians on tbe Plains, ordered
to be printed. Adjourned.
. - j . January 6.
House. Most of the members present
this morning.
Mr. Smith, of Linn, presented a petition
from citizens of Linn county for a law to re
strain cattle from running at large, and lim
iting the number a party may have on range.
Referred to the select committee on a swine
law.
Mr. Avery presented a petition relating
to a road near Corvallis; also, a petition of
the commissioners of Benton county asking
amendment of the act establishing the road
from Boonville to Eugene City. Referred
to committee on roads and highways.
Mr. Lovejoy presented a petition for a
Territorial road from Oregon City to Cor
vallis by way of Dayton.
Mr Lovejoy presented a petition for the
amendment of the law of evidence, so that
attorneys and solicitors shall not testify in
behalf of their clients; also a petition for s
road from Oregon City to Hillsborough.
Referred to appropriate committees.
Mr. Brown, of Linn, presented a petition
for a law to restrain swine. . Referred to se
lect committee on swine law.
Select committee on the Auditor's report
submitted their report, with bills to give ef
fect to his recommendations. On motion of
Mr.. Shuck the committee's report was laid
on the table. . . f - -. -
--Mr. Smith, of Linn presented a memo
rial to Congress praying for tbe re-establishment
of the garrisons at at Forts Hall and
Boise, and for further protection of emi
grants crossing tlje plains. Adopted.
Series of resolutions respecting the late In
dian, wars, offered . by Smith, of Linn, or
dered to-be - printed .and .made the special
order on Monday nexW
Passed bill to-amend an act relating to
the pilotage- at. Coos bar exempting ves
sels being towed by steam from paying pi
lotage bill to incorporate Masonic Lodge
at Corvallis, and bill to incorporte the Jef
ferson Institute.