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VOL. II.
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 18G0,
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,
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ATTQKXEYS COLXSELLuLS AT LA W
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Fellow. CVzrm vf the Smute
ami I finite of JitttrrariitdtivrH :
Alter a brief interval the Congress of
the United States resumes its annual
legislative labors. An Allwe utit tuor
eil'ul I'rovidenee lias abaiel tin l eslili nct
wbich visited ur c'mres leaving iu eul
aiuitous -truce upon sotuo port ton a of our'
couutrv. IVace, orJcr. tratupiility an
civil authority have been fornially declar
ed to exist throughout the United States.
Civil authority has superceded the coer
cion of arms, and the people, by their vol
untary action arc maintaining their gov
ernment in lull activity and complete op
eration. The enforcement of the lawn is
n longer obstructed in any place by com
binations too powerful to bo suppressed
by the ordinary course of judicial pro-cce-lins.
The auim sities engendered
by tu; war arc rajid!y yielding ta the
ben'lU-ent infiucinf of our tree institu
tions, and to their kind I v effort. d tin re
stricted social auJ commercial intercnur.-e.
An entire etation of fraternal feeling
must be the earnest wb of every patri
otic heart, and we will have accomplished
ourratiilest National achievement, when.
f..rettiii the sa l events of the past, and
rctueml crinmnly their instructive lossoua,
we resume our onward career as a free,
prosperous and united people.
In my inssae of the 4th of Decern
l or. lN!i.". Congress was informed of the
uieaui- which had been instituted by
the Executive with a view to the " radu.il
but sure restoration of the States in
which the late insurrection occurred, to
their former relation with the Ucneral
(iovernmeut. Provisional Governor had
teeu appointed, conventions called, gov
ernors elected, legislature assembled, ami
and to the people of every State, the
riht of representation in each 1 1 of
Congress, and m important was it deemed
by the Cramer. of the Constitution, that
the equality of the .Slate hhould bo pre
served, that not even by an titnendment
of lite Constitution can any Staie. wuiiou
its consent, be denied a voice in tha
branch of the National Legislature. If
i. true, it ha been assumed lhat the ex
istenoe of the State terminated ly
rebellion and the act of their inhabitants,
ami that the insurrection having been
suppressed, they were thenceforward to
be considered merely as eumjuori-d terri
tory. The Legislative, Executive and
dudiciil deparment d' the fJovernment
have, however, with great distinctness,
refused to sanction an assumption io it
compatible with the nature of our Re
publican hys-tcm and tbo j-.fofisKed object
of tlx war.
Throughout the recent e'essiou of Con
gress the undeniable fact make itself ap
parent that the ten political communities
are nothing less than State ofthU t 'uion.
At the very eommeiwetin nt of the rebel
lion, each House declared, with a unan
imity remarkable as it wa Hgnilieant.
that the war wan not waged upon our side
in a partisan fpirit of oppre-sion, nor for
iny purpose of cotiuesi t,r subjugation,
nor fi c the jturtio-c of overthrowing or
unrepresented States. This would con
summate the work of restoration and ex
ert a most salutary influence iu the rc-es-tabli.shment
of peace, harmony and frater
nal feeling. It would tend greatly to re
new the confidence of the American peo
ple in the vigor of their institutions. It
would bind us more closely together as a
nation, and enable us to how to the
world the inherent and recuperative pow.
er of a government founded upon the will
of the people, and established upon the
principles of liberty, justice and intelli
gence. It would increase cur itrcngth
and enhance our prosperity; t would ir
refragibly demonstrate I he fallacy ol the
arguments against free institutions drawn
from our recent National discords by the
enemies of republican governments; The
admission of loyal member from the State
now excluded front Congresx, allaying
doubt and apprehension would turn cap
disbursed, and expenses reduced from a
war to a peace footing. During the fiscal
year ending the 80th of June, 1800, the
receipts were f '58,)J2, C-0, and the ex
penditures $220,750.9 10, leaving an avail
able surplus, of e:j27,281,C!50. It is cstt
mated that the receipts for the fiscal year
ending the SUth of Juno. 1807, will be
$475,001, 3JW), and that the expenditures
will reach the sum of 51042,078, leav
ing in the Treasury a surplus of 8 158,0153,
.'J08. For the fiscal year ending June,
Wttt 180, it is estimated that the receipts
will amount to i:;0,000.00(), and the ex
penditures will be $:L"0,207,0n, idiowiug
an excess of ?S5,752,.'J5IJ in favor of the
government. These' estimated receipts
may be reduced by a reduction of excess
of import duties, but after all necessary
reductions have been made the revenue
of the present ami of the following years
will doubtless be sufficient fo cover legiti-
ital now awaiting nn opportunity" for in-1 mate charges on thcTrcasury, and leave a
vestment info the channels of trade and
industry; it would alleviate the present
troubled condition of these States and by
inducing emigration aid iu the settle
ment of fertile regions now uncultivated,
and lead to an increased production of
tlio-e staples which have added so great
ly to the wealth of the nation and com
merce of the world. Nc'a gelds of enter
prise would be opntud to our progressive
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lUterlerttig Willi the fights or e-tal.if !! r"pi-. aii-i i-o o im: ucv.'iMauons uj ar
itistiiufioiiH i f tb -e States, but to delete! ! would be re aired, and all truces of our
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illl'l l! 'I I O - .1 i 111. ..P;.li f Ol I Ji" nil ! ' . .... 1 . ...... ..... . . . , .
stitution and all laws ....dj in hui-uame minds of our countrynM -. in our e!Iors lutf fcn,a, 1,1 h
thereof, and to t rerve tlfl'nioti w.th pre-crve the uiuty ol the government!
large annual surplus to be applied tq the
payment of the principal of the debt.
There seetus now to be no good reason why
taxes may not be reduced, and the coun
try advance in population wealth, and its
debts be extinguished within the next
ipu.utfcr of a cetitury.
V.'At ; IjJ.I'AM'MKNT.
The report of the Secretary c-f War fur
nishes valuable and important information
iu reference to operations of this depart
ment during the r.ast year, i'ew vfilun-
being discharged as rapidly as they can
all the dignity, ntualitv and rights of il,.. which constitutes us one people, by rt-I T ' 'T"r tWr'u.r'r U
several Sa .... m.-nu-d ,Jl ,t a -torin- the States to the enditiou whie!,!h' 4 L? V'l h' rarefu ly prov.d-
r , , . ' V- i ' 1 1 ,, i i i , - ,i .i ir w led with medical treatment, well sheltered
mh. as the., obj.-c-s .ere aecmpb.bc -i ' .'V .M to the rei eh.on. U H MljH;1..) a( u 'f,,-,,,.,, with
the war oughttoee.se. In M,e ..Man- should be cutio i, lt, having rescued. .jjj -The military
ce Sen .t.,rs were it lit. tted fo ,.,,.,,,.. our nation lloin the t'riUtd dislntera-S . ..r .. , , j
I - !. .. . .' , k'l.mn II r il I llrt III I lull li-i . I l.l.ri
.1 I t ' l-l .1
ineir ie'!iauve iuneiiofs. wt;:e in o;tter
in-tancs Retrceutative were elected
Senators and Kc:resentati es th .-en to
the Congress of the l.'nirei State; and ' and admitted to M-afs after their StuN-s
u j courts had beet ojened for the enforce- j had formally declared their right towith
fr.v uicnt lit Iuk loLg in abevaticj. J'he draw from th I nioti. and were endeav-
lit i ) . i it ' i . . . i ! i . . i r i : .tii.f i.e .)., 1 1 i.i 1 1 i '.i ,. ,.i; ....! J
4 TTH SEY ASD COlSSELLOK AT LA H "V .'- . . "'".. v-b ,wl ...i .7 o,..0 o. . . - - - - . - ,: -: li:,n, volunteers fetand ready to rest.ond
Mioiiiii 11:1-11 11 in iriii'.r ii- 'i i.i 1 .11 will. 111 1 .. . . .... . . "
urutnr
ed by the discharge of volunteers. The
disposition of utiM-rvieable or perishable
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... 1 . , . . 1 1 "ion;- rtiii iaiiii.i.-iii ut e a i";u'iuui es, fui-
ar tKiMng tertnit.ated. and',. . . ... '
-,i it r licn'ni war material to meet any emergen-
vtth it all WI-.IM..H t.r the exercise of , . . ,,.,
cv. nas uaen reiaincu. m laic v u s-
. ..... . . i- 1 . .1 . 1
lion, we turn 10 n.ns.ii'iiK., an i, in lie
end. finally .-.hsolu'c de-r tisni a a re
ward for tin? n corn-in e of similar troub
le. '1 be
3,411.902 miles. The mail service is'
rapidly increasing throughout the whole
country, and its steady extension in the
Southern States indicates their constantly
improving condition. The great impor
tance of the foreign service also merits at
tention. The 1 'est office Department of
threat Rritain and our own country have
agreed upon a preliminary basis for a pos
tal convention which it ii believed will
prove eminently beneficial to the commer
cial interests of the United States, inas
much as it contemplates a reduction of the
international letter postage of one half the
existing rates ; reduction of postage
with all other countries toand from which
correspondence is transmitted in the Rrit
Uh mails, or in mails through the United
Kingdom j the establishment of a uniform
aud reasonable charts for these, a&d terri
torial transit of correspondence enclosed,
mails, and 2:1 allowance to each 1'ost
ofiice Department of the right to use all
mail communication pstabJUhod t;nder
authority of the other for the dispatch of
correspondence, either in open or closed
inail, on the same terms as those applica
ble to the inhabitants of the country pro
viding the means of transportation. The
lKeport of the Secretary of the Interior
exhibits the condition of thfefe branches
of the public service which are committed
to his supervision.
V UP. LIC LANDS.
During the last fiscal year 4,020,312
acre.s of the public lands were disposed of ;
l.K)2,510 acres of which were entered
under the homestead act. The policy
originally adopted relative to the public
lands has undergone essential modifica
tions. Immediate revenue and not rapid
settlement was the cardinal feature of our
land syatcra. Long experience and earn
est dicuHsion have resulted in the convic
tion that the development of our agricul
tural resources, and the diffusion of an
tory established from time to time within
our limits. It maintains a peculiar rela
tion to Congress, to 7?hoia thp Constitution
has granted the power of exercising ex
clusive legislation over the teat of Govern
ment. Our fellow-citizens residing in the
District, whose interests are th-as confined
to tho real guardianship ot Congress, ex
ceed in number tho population of several
of our territories, .and no just reason 13
conceived why a delegate ot their choice
should not be admitted to take a seat in
the House. No mode seems so appropri
ate and effectual of enabling them to make
known their peculiar condition and wants,
and, of securing the local legislation adapt
ed to them. I therefore recommend the
passage of sue!) a law as will allow the
electors of the District of. Columbia to
choose a delegate, to be'al'jwed tp.g same
rights and privileges as a delegate repre
senting a territory. The increasing enter
prise and rapid progress of improvements
in tho District of Colombia are highly
gratifying, and I trust that the efforts of
themuncipal authorities to promote the
prosperity of the National 3IetropoIis will
secure the encouragement and generou.?
co-operation of Congress.
AGE CULTURE.
The report of the Commissioner of
tho Agricultural Uaroau shows the opera
tion of this department during the past
year, and asks the aid of Congress in its
efforts to encourage those States which,
were scourged by the war and are now
earnestly engaged in the reorganization,
of domestic industry. It is .a sub
ject of congratulation that no furthet
combinations against our domestic
peace and safety, or oi;r legitimate influ
ence among the nations, have been form
ed or attempted, while sentiments c' recr
onciliation, loyalty and patriotism have
increrjd at home, and a more just con-
jsjideration of our national character and
A
.t.v.v f?j 'CToii iy ciiAStr.it v.
T ': . i't c'iii. C-i'.l el-ins an. I iour--y
j ie-es:abl;shed, au 1 the iu!c-tiial revenue arms.
directly to the PrtoidtuI cull- Large than the procc of the 'U of the land
energetic population over our vast tern- j ritg j,cen manifested lj foreign na:
tcry, arc onjecisoi ;ar gre-aicr iiMpiiaucc j uons.
to the national growth ana prosperity
:n ttv at;.-n.K-l t
ec.'tfalUlr
I). B. II ICE, 32 D.,
V 7 YSICIAS ASD ACCOCCJIEIl
.. r-rif! in t je vrioui '.r.e.i ? t
laws nut in force in order that the i.eoi.le All of U.f Strifes whose i...!(ob urr.. In the boundaries j re'cnld by the Cousti-i
t I ' I I 1 - - ; , . ......... . . . - . .
1:11 -'lit tiiif rilititf 1 41 n-itiiiiitl iiiiviiiic i mur:iM-it!i -14 S'fnt. 5ii!n i'.n)tl
l'. stal 01 erntioiis h id been renewed, aud i the an: "rti'-inin-iit of a dirret tax ol m
efforts weie be ng o.ide to restore them ! twenty million of dollar unnutUv laid y'hnce of suei -ceding fci.tratiori. Th
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!.?,"." -"eo,,.i.:a an i tnK-.cicy. upon u.e i m.c .-tute ny :,n a- aj prov- , , " " , v . , Lake surveys and harbor and river Lo- limited portion of offered lands at the
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, .. . 1 , ,1 1 , 'armies can be rapidiv organized, equipped to the highest bidder in open niarkct.-
nioti. a'ol return to tin ane:cnt I.-iini i . '. . .. 11 . . ' .
1 . , , . , . janJ coticentrateij. I ortifreations, Coasts j I he tre-emption laws corner upon the pio-
l.ll lHIJIl.l-lll'i ! f"i. I..il-f, UI Ii 1 I i- t f t" '.1 .1 . . .1
M 4.r.,,...4..l';n r. T. jand frontiers have received of are being ! necr who complies with the terms they
f-repared for more powerful nrmaotfnts. j impo-o, the privilege of purchasing a
ttl3 u j'jIv.
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people, - kacreuly obi
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. itrr. Oiicc up-rtAzi. in i :.r',tuke part in il.e li.h tiinct;.;:i of an.en.l-'bv the act of ."lar'h fib. lv02. and bv!;,cl "l ',,e wl'"'
1 ill'' t he I iiii.t 1 1 ul Sun. :i ti-i i.l I i:i t-mi", i the .-ii.tii.rf ii.iiiiii't.t t rff.t-1'i...iif ittnii 11..-?-.. ! aioi opoii a.i.
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tioiiing the extine: .0:1 of American .s!ue under, a'.o rcognired their t-rt-vence a
rv as .ne of the 'iliina'c re-uhs of our Ma'cs iu the Union, and thev h ive for!'r'
struggle. judicial purposes been divided into ? stituti-nal powers be in any particular
iiaviiig progres.-ed thus far the J.aeca- tricts, as Mates ah.tte can be
live head f.-und that it had aeems'i.shed 1 The same reco 'tiitioii aM-cars in the re-
nearly all lhat was wiihiu the scot-eof its cent h-'islation in relation to Tenne-ftce ! designates,
Constitution il au:horiy. One thing. ' which ev'olentlv r-..t.s uoou the fact that ' l'-v !i"IJrp:' '"u- Ua-.h:ii-t.. i'kt
pr cmcnts are iu course of energetic pros- minimum price. The homestead enact-
ceutioii. 1 reparations have been -lua'ie mcftt relieves tlie settler from the pay-
! . . C .t . .1 . .. 1 . ....
e money, aua mcuil-s
home upon condition
If in the opinion of thu people the dis-i f"rlll,lC. 'he additional bounties lucnt of the purcha
bu.i. n or the modifn-atiou of the C(I. '-rued during he recent sess.ou oL to him a permanent
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th i i vici .ity. v 2: b-.'.ia
L.:;n c .'jn'v tjr-
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fell ATT AX,
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UIVICIC'1. ! " ' ' . ""'V ' !.,.rr r. th. Iw.nor.-.l. v .H. r..l
I ... t, .. .. I . .,. ;"- .. w.T ow-
iiii in 111 1 lit n .1 111 n U l 11 lilt; uliiUU-
but Ic there bo im change
t'oiigrefi, under such regulation as will
j roteci the tiovernment from fraud, and
secure to the honorably discharged sol-
Idiers the well earned" reward of his faith-
i fulness zti gallantry. More than .six hun-
of residence for a term of years. This
liberal policy invites emigration from the
old and from the more crowded portions
of the new world. Its propitious results
'are undoubted, and will be more signally
IVIXTEU fc
HOrsE Sf;s. CAMHAGE, ASD oi:s ' ... , , : , . w. I'1 "L " ! w,,r Is to his c-nntrvtucr, when. f. l . wedi'iT V! 1 h manifested when time .hall have given to
WTAr, rALYTEM JI:a:mi:s av "IVl : - VV c ' "VV ' . ",!;i.v .1.,; h.,..,,..l nr....... ,.1,. t 'v..t,..,..;. "r r "-g,cal apparatus, it a wider development. Congress has against the
ule::s. ..J' j .i .7 V ; VV. lur tv.: " " : jandft.r..V...c.ati.,.al..r.etcr.vscoutai,.. majc liberal grants ot public land, to mentsof Kr
a;,., t'f, r ;-5 ; xuv V,r y ,u.n pnne.pre is ,1 courM; a-; v ; - .." . ' ing the remains of .;:;.520 Union sol- corporations. of the construction of effaces ou
u-.-- m .......a t... .... j. . iiav-- ;t 1.. -jiova. .T-euaiors am liepre.-ciiuiives irotsi anpjtca e to tl.o-e Mates wlncJi Ike) " r-s muim v -an; - y . 1 , j , , . . , . , . , . . . t-
: , . u ...uai-.hiia'. oil uut. Albany, t- 1 1 , . , , , I ' . . . ' i I, i .... 1 ...... -,t. .1 ... d bae already been e.-taI,Jtshed. 1 he , radr.adsand other internal improvements, country, haa
-""c" r ' ITT I- trl;V:- l renounce ''p amount of mditary appropriations is ) Should ibis policy hereafter prevail, more governments w
lairiiiost the lawtul authority ot the jen- place in the t oioq. L.(.iri i!i(iiiiii.i liie i!:i) rock, ol aict . .?.-..- ' . 1 . ... . . , . . ,
. . . , I;..i n i -M.:. ....J i ... .. . ,il ir, .. ' . c. .. . v,as , r. 1 1..- .Uit-r r,W. stringent t-rovt-ions will be required to tereourse, and
. .-wt- ,...,. .! ,..1,1.1. i.,-L, .r .1... .x 1 ..... actio.i.to hi couutrvinen. He ct.i-.ined NAVV IF.lAUTMKNT. secure a faithful application of the bund-., subject of
TW - s. . v v....v -" v. . I'. ooiivoi .in. o.jMiiiiiii ill U,'U IlliS ."U1.I- . J ... . Tl. .M. il.. 1. ,1 . MU kn WHAM,
SEX EH a:. co:.i:i!SS!OS sieec'IIAXTS he Constitution, are lusde the judges otjj.-et h
VEi:.r.It it ta.!--. Dry n I F.. v Goo,!.-. he election returns and nullifications olf..rm.
ct has been e. hi illv defirie -rid uni-i ni stu-iy the true principle ot their It i stated in the report of the Secrc
md the rurpose of the war was! ( "'''i"n. and protno'e a union of sen-j tary of the .Navy that the naval force at
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atn j.iee u
to! thi time consist of 27 vessels, armed
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m w .r . i . i.irmire, um-i j , wi;, nitu .nu if.-iu it nu lis coiiiiuer Jl IOII SiaiO'I 111 T.rofia To;, ' n til l'II., l.v tuvi
Loots tni - A!!..r.y. Ore-on. 1 at ouce engaged the attention of Congress. ! predeecor on the 22d d i v of Set tcmber i'h.dr happuies-sandfafe'y. .lack. son held ; with 2.:J.il guns, of these 11.") vessels arc
In the meantime the hxeeutive plan.!lfr2. If
,. .'. .siaixcE." fcfiibSB st.ei.E. ; having 1 ecu proposed by Cotigro. con-! oroclaiiiu
tmued its efforts to perfect, as far as wa-tho war will be prosecuted f-.r the obiect S"l',,4rr :il S r"i 'I', an.J ju-:-i.teat ac tivity ana energy have Pcen Uis-
toration ot the projer of practically rest..r:ng the (Wt.tu'io.ial j V ,!rr1"' '"r govern-; piayci oy an sijuaurons. aim ineir move-
. ,.;;- i" . I .. ... i i .- i . t '. . . 'tiiiMif ! Im! 1(1 l.i 1 1 ! i f . I in t- fit, r ii i n ? 1i-iCi ! i-ii I ml :r-!iii 4 ifi'l t (T;o't Ti 1 1 1
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Pvstlar.-: - x 7 m Oregon jsp.ecf.v: Slates, the Stntfc. and the Fed- each of the States and the l1i,..1,.fI,J " pil'rvei t.y the invasion o! ! anange.I in su-l a tmnner a wouhl lest!" l: ""-;? Y ! .v
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LAUKEXt'l;
A'
,SE1ILC,
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l-racticable. the restoratio
o on in.- u u n m .leiuoer. I . . . . - , f ,. . , ' ' ----- -
t was then solemnlv declared and ! t,ul e the g. n-ral g-ivern tact. t divided among seven s.jua lron-. Ih-i
dtlnt hereafter 'a- herc-tof..rf j should alwa)- be strictly e ...fined to the 'number of men in the service i DU'IK).
object
The title to the lands should not pas3 by
patent or otherwise, but remain in the
government, and .subject to its control un
til some portion of the road has been actu
ally built. Portions of them might, from
time to time, be conveyed to the- corpora
tion, but never in a greater ratio to the
whole quantity embraced in the grant
than the completed part. bear to the cn-
,r-.. ..- i ... 'i.iil'Ki.o.rnhi.iit i.rt(.i. i -. . ,,. ' i c. ... . , . i ! n-'hts and t.owert of the several States, i i.rumott? American commerce abroad. 'I he!
--r l a- s coon i. j.jlus. - ' 'jiu ii-ni . i a i uiai reuiioii 1H t.r may he , , ' . , . ! ' ' , , , , . t.rf.iit.Uo- r.f nnv iinderHkin" eonre've l
r.:ir. j time what the pubhe interests seemed to ! s.r.er..'ed r .list urb d Ih ih attempting to make our (iener-, Vf.-i.-ls miupjoved are " undergoing rc. ; pre jmi ec ot any unucnakin convc.vei
" ireou re to the iuiicial. rev.-,...., ,,.d r.os ! Th. r c,..,.t. , ... Jal Coverotvi.t strong. ttc make it wvakJpaus. or arc Lid :h until their serviec!"' -,,oJ falth !n7 c7CCUle'!. Vin rca.'on:i-
" ""' Jtal systems of ,V cuntrv. With the 'ad-1 Ji.a cia dep tio ut of tC i V.J, Zu , iru. strength e ,;.;ts in leaving in-1 may be required. M..,t of the iro-elad b ergy It is tho ..tied practice to
' DENTIST. ALBANY, OCX. ,i)Unl r l)lC cl!afc lU c,p,. : .lt h J '..tr J P , I ' V'. du iduiN and Sia.es a- mueh as possible i fleet is at League LJand. in the vicinity 'hdraw from the market the lands fa 1
,. . ...t :. .1:... .. . , .11 vi in c.t.ar ami cm mue in all , , i.,-1,. . , r., L.r it,:t .,!.!,.!.;.. l.;l ;i .ti ng within the operations of such grants,
lit 1 "to -I.'-iiii;i in i u- i -hi o.i. -i s ntic u iij'oui icu, aim a p oi o-i 1 rs nrocec'l I ri'S a liect I n I licrn fi si-,i,. .-- , , ........ . -x v -
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!
;,..NTi-T!t n the ro"t ..nations were maue by Congress for the
, . . ..Pi ... , ipavnieiit ol tlieir salaries.
. !'erf.i:s .e-r.ii? rttfu-ia! t.Ttn j I ; . . 1,1.,,
.'he hi a call. 0 !lc u:-stair ; 1 he proposition to amend the l ederal
:jij.-ue eum.r of ??;. n.r.ul ; Constitution so as to provide for the ex-
fl"2' ly Itinction of ! slavery with. 11 the United
j States, or any pl.o e .subject to their juris
YQ jdic-rioti. was ratified by a sufficient num-
-' iberol States, and ou th! lfth day of
1. o. o. r.
.4 X T LODGE,
11:
The Kcilar Rlect-: November, 18ij.. it was officially declared
O F.. :-.(.irt their 1111 iu S?,t- u? l,ave become valid, and a part of the
! ns.. A'baiv, every WEDNKcDAY ! Constitution of the United State. All
10 g-.
'V.'.NiN'G. at 7 icl'-ck. lirettirea
ilud'n - ar i..v: ei t at'e'i'l.
liy orl.-r -f the X. G. ' aut ly
IVOTICE ! MOfiY TO LET.
AF';W TWENTIES lei'u o pay for ?o:l
W.iat. Ilig.itift caS rr"K-e p.d't i n il-;!ivtry
pt'voi whe.it ..t uiy ware bou.e. Albnnv. Or .-iron.
II. CIIEADLB."
100,000 POUNDS OF W00I
For w:ic!i wo will jay tl.e
llGIICST MARKET PRICE.
" ' ' W. W. PARKIS1I II CO.
Albaoy, January 27th. lSlifi.
SELUNS OFF! SELLING OFF I
50,000 ORTH i
CH4FlIyE;Si3A.imETT,
jfr9at Street, and No. 5 Washington
Street, Portland.
TTI Iar.srest, llost General, and
Host SpZendid Assortment or
STATIONERY, BLANK BOOKS,
LETTER PRESSES, &C.
OX THE PACIFIC COAST,
RICHLY BOUXL
Slles, Prayer and Ilyina isi
An Immense Assortment or
3CHOQL POOSS !
Orders From tlie Interior.
- Filled with dispatch and care.
CHARLES BARRETT.
Portland. November It. 1865.
and in the Supreme, Circuit ami Ii-trict
l T . t ,t s m
ijourts. in ttie a'ltuiswion ot Senators i
Pai.mi.,,!,.;.- f,.... ..'...! ..it . r; n-aMt. ea n to move
in its protection; not
Mates more el ireiy to the ei-nti-r,
unobstructed in its, the mo
. i i i i . .fiii.i im s tift ivfin im fin. inrpiH iini in kiiii.
Ii Inn. in. I in fii.n vlwill I. f fr.Lr'li IiV liiiKfri'M irns fin. " v . - ....
the e i.,-r, but leeted by the Secretary of the ' Navy as lquent subveri-iyo rights. A breach of
.t elioihle location lor that class of. eondit.ons lor which Lon-rcss may acem
the Mate. tlo're can be no iu-t croiitnU
of npprehnsion that persons who are
disloyal will be clothed with the powers of
legislation; for this could not happen
when the Contitut ion arid the laws arc
controlled by : vigilant aud faithful Con
proper constitutional orlot.
Wise are teachings of men who-e deeds
and services have made them illustrious
aud lonr since withdrawn from the ree in
of life; they have left to their couutrv
-i -ii mi i i i
il.e nelt 'eaey ot their example, their ; aeeeptiu
vessels. It is important that a suitable
publie station be provided for the iron
clad fleet. It is intended that these ves-
atotlce to tl Tax-Payers of Linn
County.
HAVING COMPLETED THE CANVASS OF
the precincts aceordin? t law, the books
ar-. utill open at thej Curt lloase. in Albany, for
30 day frm the date of this notice, where thu
eatne may b settled ; arter which, if not settled,
your properly will be sold to satisfy the amount
assessed against you. HARVEY SMITH,
Tax Collector.
. Albany, Oregon, Nov. 28, 1866. n64w
f en
ot tne a ates in which the insurrection
had existed promptly amended their con
stitutions so as to nuke them conform to
the i;reat chanire thus effected in the or
ganic law ot the laud. '1 hey declared
iiu.J and void all ordinances or laws of
secession, repudiated all pretended debts
u;;u obligations created for the revolu
tionary pupoc'j of the insurrection, and
proceeded in ood faith to the enactment
of measures for the protection and ameli
oration of the condition of the colored
race.
Congress, however, yet refused to ad
Suit any of these States to representation,
and it was not until toward the close of
eirht months of the session that an ex
ception was made in favor of Tennessee,
by the admission ot her Senators and
Representatives.
I deem it a subject of profound regret
that Congress has thus far failed toadmit
tq seats loyal Senators and Ileprcsen'atives
from the other States whose inhabitants,
with those of Tennessee, had engaged iu
the rebellion, Ten Hu'tps -more than
one-fourth of the whole number re
mained without representation. The
seats of fifty members in the House of
Representative and of twenty members
in the Senata are yet vacant not by
their own consent; not by a faction of
electors; but by the refusal or Congress
to accept their credentials. Their admis
sion, it is believed, would have accom
plished much toward the renewal and
strengthening of our relation as one
people, and removed a serious causs for
discontent on the part of the- inhabitants
of those States j it would have accorded
with the great principles enunciated in
the Declaration of American Independ
ence, that no peopjp ought to bear the
burden of taxation, apd yet be denied the
right of representation. It would Jiave
been in consonance with the express pro
visions of the Constitution,- that each
State shall have at least one Representa
tive, and that no State, without its con
sent, shall be deprived of its equal suf
frage in the Senate. These provisions
wert? intended to secure to every State,
inspirations from their lesions, let us em
ulate them iu love of cot!;; try and respect
for the Constitution, and' the laws.
7 it t: a k t: it v i ) i: i. u t m r. n t.
Tho report of the Secretary of the
Treasury affords much iu format ion re-
jrros. Kae'h Ho.e is made ( he judo,, of U,1."m :aU 1 t.,ui5r H'nntirtM. J
the election returns and qualifications of
its own Members, and may. with the con
currence of two-thirds, expel a member.
When a Senator or JleprewentativQ pre
sents his certificate) of election, he may at
once be admitted or rejected, or should
there be any question as to his eligibility
his credentials may be referred, for inves
tigation to the appropriate committee, and
if admitted to a scat, it must be upon evi
dence satisfactory to the Houe of which
he thus becomes a member, that he pos
sess the right Constitutional and legal
qualifications. If refused admission as a
member for want of due allegiance to the
Opvcrnment, and returned to his constitu
ents, they are admonished that none hut
persons loyal to the United States will be
allowed a voice in the legislative councils
of the nation, and the political power and
moral influence of Congress arc thus ef
fectively exerted in the interests of loyal
ty to the Government and fidelity to the
.Union.
Upon this question, so vitally affecting
the restoration ot the Union and the per
manency of our present form of Govern
ment, my convictions heretofore expre-sed
have undergone no change, but on the
contrary their correctness has been con
firmed by reflection iind time. If the ad
misston of loyal members to seats in the
respective Houses of Congress was wise
and expedient a year ago, it is no less
wise and expedient now. If this anoma
lous condition is right now, and if, in the
exact condition of these States at the
present time it is lawful to exclude them
from representation, I do not see that the
question will be changed by the efilux of
time ten years hence.
If these States remain ns they are, the
right of representation will bo no longer
the right, of exclusion will bo no weaker.
The Constitution of the United States
makes it the duty of the President to re
commend to the consideration of Con
gress such measures as he shall judge
necessary or expedient. I know of no
measure more imperatively demanded by
every consideration of National interest,
sound policy and equal justice, than the
admission of loyal members from the now
s!sebhall be in proper condition for any)
V ; einer''eiiey, and it is desirable that the bill)
League Island for naval pur
poses, which passed the House at its last
session, should receive its final action at
au early period, in order that there may
be a .suitable public station for this class
of vessels, as well as a navy yard of an
area sufficient for the wants of the service
in the Delaware Uiver. The naval pen
sion fund amounts tol l.ToU.OOQ, haying
c I . I 1 li ir I 1 1 .1 f-ff-.il.it.'i ..it .in iiinvi.rt ..Cll.ft '
.i rvvi"i Hi' ivn iiiii; diiu tuillliu lit Ul llliJli . , --, ,i,w 1 .1
7 it: .1 been increased fc2,0.00l) during the
ii.llll.ri' I U V i.li'ii m.i.ii 11. . .tiri-iiiim! '
V-.l. lllfj. l.7 I IL 11 -? UIIUII IIIU Will I ft.Ul.Jt
1 ' . f ! . ft ft
ami wiiu rule re nee to a proper adjudg
ment of our revenue system, internal as
well as external, arc commended to the
careful consideration of Congress. In my
last Annua) .Message, I expressed my
general views upon these subjects. 1
need now only call attention to the neces
sity of carrying into every department of
the Government a system of rigid accoun
tability retrenchment Mid wise econ
omy with no exceptional or unusual ex
penditures. The oppressive burdens of
taxation can be lessened by such a niodi
ficabioti of ou;' ryt'ijue tax as will be con
sistent with the public faith and the leg
itimate and necessary wants of tho Gov
ernment. Tho report presents a much
more satsifactory condition of our finan
ces, than one year ago the most Banuiue
could have anticipated.
During the fiscal your ending the 30th
of June, 1.805, the last year of tho war,
the public debt was increased 89 11, 902,
537, and on the 31st of October, 1S05, it
amounted to $2,7-10.851,750. On tho 31
day of October, I860, it had been reduc
ed to $2,551,31 0,000. The diminution
during a period of 14 months commenc
ing September 13th, 1805, and ending
October 31st 18GG having been $20G,379
505. In the last annual report on this
state of the finances, it was estimated that
durmr the thrcc-nuarters ot the fiscal
year ending the 8 (Ah of June last, the
debt would, be increased 112,194,947.
During that period, however, it was re
duced 831,190,380, the receipts of .the
year having been $89,905,905, more, and
the expenditures $2UU,01i'J,235 less than
the estimate. Nothing could more clearly
indicate than these statements the extent
and availability of the national resources,
and the rapidity and satety with which
under onr form of Government, great
military and naval establishments can be
present year. 1 he expenditures ot this
Department for the fiscal year ending 30th
ol June last were $ 18,82 1,520, and the
estimates for the coming year amount to
$28.5GS,18G. Attention ii directed to the
condition of our seamen, and the impor
tance oflcgislative measures for their im
provement and relief. The suggestions
in behalf of this deserving class of our
fellow citizens nrc earnestly recommended
to the favorable attention of Congress.
I'OST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
The report of tho Post Master General
presents a most satisfactory condition of
the postal services, and submits recom
mendations which descrvo the considera
tion of Congress. Tho Receipts of the
Department for- the j'ear ending June
30th, 1800, were $14,3$G,93G and tho
expenditure, 815,853.079, showing an ex
cess of the latter of 9G5,093. In anticipation
of this deficiency, however, a special ap
propriation was made by Congress in the
act approved July 28th, 1800, including
the standing appropriation of 700,000 for
free mail matter as a legitimate por
tion of Revenue yet remaining unex
pended. Tho actual deficiency for the
past year is only &-0o,UUd a sum with
in $51,141 of the amount estimated in
tho Annual Report of 18C0. Tho de
crease "of the Revenue compared with the
previous year, was one and one-fifth per
cent, and the increase of expenditures on
the Slime, principally, to the ' enlarguient
of the small service, in the South vas 12
per cent. On the 30th of Juno last,
there were in operatiop 6,930 mail routes,
with an aggregate length of 180,921 miles,
with an aggregate annual transportation
of 7,183,794. The length cf railroad
routes is 32,092 miles, and the annual
transportation 3,000,907 miles.
The length of steamboat routes is 143,
460 miles, and. the annual transportation
it rroner to impose uron such works a
forfeiture of claim to the land so with
drawn unconveyed and of title to the
lands conveyed, which remain unsold.
Operations on the several lines of the
Pacific Railroad have been prosecuted
with unexampled vigor aud success.
Should no unforseen cause of delay occur,
it isconfidently anticipated that this great
thoroughfare will be completed beiore the
expiration of the period designated by
Congress. During the lastuscal year, the
amount paid to pensioners, including the
expense of disbursement, was Sl.,4o9,90
and 50.177 names were added to the pen
sion roll. The entire number ef pension
er on June 30, 1SG5, was 120,722.
These acts furnish a melancholy and strik
ing proof of the sacrifices made to vindi
cate the Constitutional authority cf the
Federal Government, and maintain invio
lato the integrity of the Union. They
impose upon us corresponding obligations.
It is estimated that thirty-three million
dollars will be required to meet the exi
gencies of this portion of the service dur
iug the next fiscal year.
INDfAN TREATIES.
Treaties have been concluded with the
Indians who were entered into armed
opposition to our Government at the out
break of tho rebellion, and have condi
tionally submitted to our authority and
manifested a desire for the renewal of
friendly relations.
PATENTS.
During tho year ending Sept. 80th,
1S06, 8,756 patents for useful inventions
and designs were issued. At that date
the balance in the Treasury to tho credit
of the patent fund, was $228,297. As a
subject. upon which depends an immense
amount of the producticnary commerce of
the country, I recommend to Congress
such legislation . as may bo necessary for
the preservation of the Mississippi river.
It is a matter of national importance, that
every step should bo taken not only to
add to the efficiency of those, barriers
ajrainst destructive inundations but for
the removal of all obstructions to the free
and safe navigation of that great channel
of trade and commerce.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Tho District of Columbia, under exist
ing laws, is not entitled to. that representa
tion in the National councils, which, from
our earliest history has been ; uniformly
accorded to each other and to each terri
THE ATLANTIC CAP.LE.
The entire success of the Atlantic
Telegraph Cablp between the coast of Ire
land and the Province of New Foundland,
is an achievement which has been justly
greeted in both hemispheres as the open
ing of an era in the progress of civiliza
tion. There is reason to expect that equal
suece" will attend, and even greater re
fulls follow the enterprise for connecting
the continents through the Pacific Ocean,
by the proj'ceted line of telegraph between
Karaschatka and the Russian Possessions
in America.
FOREION CONVICTS.
The resolutions of Congress protesting
pardon of foreign govarn-
sons convicted of infamous
condition of emigration to our
boen communicated to the
ith which we maintain in--tho
practice so justly the
complaint on our part has not
been renewed.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION Of TLTR
KING OF RUSSIA.
The congratulations of Cengresa to the
Emperor of Russia, upon his escape from
au attempted assassination, have been
presented to that humane and enlightened
ruicr, and were received by him with ex
pressions of grateful appreciation.
OCR SPANISH-AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
The Executive has been warned of at)
attempt by certain Spanish-American ad
venturers to induce emigration of freed
men of the United States to a foreign
country. He protested against the project
as one which, if consummated, would re
duce them to bondage more oppressive
than that from which they had just been
released. Assurances have been received
frotu the government of the States in
which the plan was matured that the pro
ceedings will not meet with its encourage
ment or approval. It is a question
worthy of your cocsideration whether our
laws upon this subject are adequate to the
prevention or punishment of the erimtj
thus meditated.
FRANCE AND MEXICQ.
In the month of April, as Congress i3
aware, a friendly arrangement was made
between the Emperor of France and the
President of the United States," for the
withdrawal from Mexico of the French
expeditionary military forces. The with
drawal was to be effected in three detach
ments. The first, it was understood,
would leave Mexico in November; tho
second in March, and the third and last
in November, 1867. Immediately upon
the completion of the evacuation, the
French Government was to assume the
same attitude of non-interference in regard
to Mexico as is held by the Government
of the United States. Repeated assur
ances have been given by the !mperor
since that agreement, tha he, would com
plete the promised evacuation within the
period mentioned, or sooner, it was rea
sonably expejeted that the proceedings
- .-, if. f
thus contemplated would -produce a crisis
of great political interest in the Republio
of Mexico.
Tho newly appointed Minister of the
United States, .Mr. Campbell, was there
fore sent forward on the 9th day of No
vember last to assume his proper func
tions as Minister. Plenipotentiary of the
United States to that Republio. It was
also thought expedient that he should be
attended in the vicinity of Mexico by the
Lt. General of the Army of the United
States, with a view of obtaining such in
formation as might be important to deter
mine the course to be pursued by the
United States, in re-establishing and
maintaining necessary and proper inter
course with tho Republic of Mexico.
Deeply interested in the cause of liberty
and humanity, in seemed an obvious duT
ty on our part to exercise whatever influ
ence we possessed for the restoration aqd
permanent establishment in tljat country
of a democratic and republican form of
Government. - Such was the condition of
affairs in regard to Mexico, when on the
22d dav of November official information
was receivod from Paris that the Emper
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