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Oif Ce-.r, One Year $3 00 Owfopr, Sir Months 3 00 O ic Cupy, Tlirrc Moulin 2 00 ADVERTISING RATES: On Square, of Twclro Line, or Icm, First In sertion 00 and Tor each subsequent liner linn. l 00. 1'rofentonal or IluMncM Cards. Kach Square, mf annum, $90 00 ) (or Six Mouths, $U 00 j for Tliroe Months, S10 00. A liberal dlseouat will bo made to persons who aiherliiH to th" extent of four .nuarcs. The tiumlKT of Insertions should In? markcil on the margin of advertisement. jron oc-ciicrTriic3-, Of Ktcry Variety, executed with Neatness and l)i patch, nt lowest rates. HOTELS. PROFESSIONAL. Law and Colloction Ollico. UllO. II. WIIJJAMt, A. V. UIIIIM. (late Chief Justice.) WILLIAMS & GIBBS. Portland, Oregon. Will practice In the Court of Oregon nml Wsshliigtnn Tcrrlto'ic. November, 1858. 22tfc0 bTfTdowell, ATTOllNKY AT LAAV, Jacksonville, Orrgnu, Will practice In alt the Courts of the V Judl clal lii.lrlct, the Supreme Court of Oregon, unit la YreVa, Cal. I'stticuhr attention patd to procuring I-ntul w irranii and collecting claim against ino i.i v trnment. 20ly UNION HOTEL. Jacksonville, O. T. Lowis Zlglor, Wm. Wilkinson. ZIGLER & WILKINSON, Havi: TAKKN Tin: " UNION IIOTJil. , Jacksonville, O. T. and have completely UI.NOVATKl) the same by Rofliting and Painting. Alto, ftirul.htd Now Bods and Bedding. The Homo In now In COMI'MTTK order to accommoilalt! customer. The proprietor will iwro no pain to render llielr ctitomcr happy and comfortable during their May, Havliia tuitcrlor Cook nnd Hlnunnli. wtlb a well tiipplleil hinler, thev nn niithorized In rny liiK that their TAIII.i: lull Iwnbundanlly iiiljiii-ii iviiu mi iuiii i. neciwurr to auiiy the tato and fancy of the itrvntctt of cplciircn. Jacktonvllle, Nor, Ath, 1MB. .2lf " PLAQUEMINE AMI Da .a -.:.. 3im::jx."i, l'lrt Door west or the Now State Saloon, California Street, CORRESPONDENCE. To tho Citizens of Jackson County. .lncnotiviIlc, Orcgnii. SIFERS & SONHEL, Proprietors. The I'toprlelora havlnc -. co.iW-nce In their nl.llilv. Qk . iiiiihiiiiici lo the public" -ii sr that llu- are now prcpnrtd and delerniliitd to Rive complete Mit.lnctioi to all who Sin. may ii.itniiiUu them, either by tliel. fv Vik. Day.orM.nl. C SojJ Meals at nil Hours, and temd ilrlclly and rati.lactor.ly tooid r. Uall Supp"rn or I'.Mrn Dliincri will Iks fur nlrhid to old r, on ihort notice. Term Cu.ii, and miMUmte. pA'Comu one, como nil 5 "Tliin rek iliall My f W. S. BROCK, Atlani)' anil I'.mmrlor nt Ijmv, unit SOLIOITOR IN OHANOCRY, KtiKCiir Clly, Ortf(on. Will practice tn the varlotn Court of thin Tcr ritory, and promptly attend to the collection of fUInn aalntt the L'nlliil States, through an t Urlrnt agent mldlnc nt Wahlngtoii. (Illlce la Kujcrne Clly, Lane County, 0. T. IlOlf t..lMV, 1. II. Wll.sn.V. BARNUM & WILSON, Allomrxa unit t'niuutllor at Ittr, Snlcni, Oregon. l'itllcuhr attention I Klven to the rolleelton of onlrt and arnmnU, unci cluluu ugaliitt (iov uament. Ilounty Land Warrant Imught mid ivjld. t)Uer, orrr Slarki ' itore. :wif w.o.t'vui.t. H.u. ihii.m: . rVAULT & BURNETT, Jacbaunvlllr, Orrmo. Have formed a tiarlnerrhlp In Ihu PRACTICE OF LAW. Office, Up Stair, over the Se.vmt:i. Oillce. IluilneM cntrutled to their care promptly u. tfmlrd to. Jacksonville, Oct. 9, 1828. 33tf I'nim it linn 1 .( an toon n 1.' JtrKKuNViuj;, Oetolier l.llli, IM8. lOtf SLATE CREEK IIV OLIVER J. EVANS. T1II.S well known . land, llitato fifteen mllea from Ktrbyvillo.nnd Ihlrly-foiirlroui .lack .ouxllle. Im Ixtii ir-elul Miltuhhi lo necomtno. d.Ue llioTrnvellnu l'ubl.c. It In ulnavs ult-ui- ln to the hoit ii.nl hoiteM to make IliWr ;iieil in comioriaiiie n potriiiie, fiirnhed with ult tho country afford. (iuiii StalileH. ell .implied wltli Iluy and Crnln Hops nr cnlrrl.iln.d that thov who cnll oiico, win rid l.ito or Mop curly to turinkc ux-ilii of tho hotpltallly of the occiipantii. llf R. B. SHELLING, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Yrrka, Cutiromlx. Offlcf. on Main Street, four doom foulh of the I'o.t l.ffict. Will practice In tho I)I.lr!ct Courtu or Jack on county, O. T. JJfiUI. bTTaydeIi. COUNSELLOR AT LAW, AND Xxo ocnxtlxiB: -tXttox-xi.ojr ron JackMHi ami Joatililne Cauntlri. Office at Kerbyvllle, Oregon. llf THOMPSON & GREER, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, latkaoiivlllr, OrrKoll OWce, at tlic"Jackoiillln Ini Store." north Me of California itrtct, tliinl door nbovO tho I'nloa llounr. I. .TIIOMION', M. P. O, W. UIIKKn, U. l. July 3, 1838. ...If EAGLE HOTEL, NllHlIl!OII, Ol'CROII. rriii: suiisciMimit iiavino i:ukcti:d JL it lurjse addition to ibis well known ilund, linlnl in ilio town of Ki'rbylllu, on the Mm) to AlthoiiKv. Sailor Dijtglui mid Cres cent Clly, lollclt a !mroof public p-ilromigv. 3723LO lX,iTtl Will nlwny . Im) furnUhtd ullh tho boil the market nllord Single Ituomi furnltbed on lllcrnl term'. 0. T. YININC. Keiby.llle, Aug 11,1838. 3'ilf DR. L. GANUNG, rirlttan, (nirKron ami Acouclitr, Tncksuiivillc, Oregon, Offler, on California itreet, Kcoud door from Ike Tin Sbop. The largctt and 1jc$1 election of Drugn nnd rlfnt Meilicineo' constantly on hand. UiuU p! tTr b r Ft t PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST JacltMovltlr, Oirgon, I prepareil to take l'icturca In every tylo of "e Art, with all tho latctt Improvement. If do not uive tatlfactlon.uoebarijpt will bo made. C at Kunk'a Cigar Store, or at tho Gallery on inn, ami nco n n I'lciuren, titr wm. hofTmTnT-" UOTAHY 3PX--3XaXO For Jackaon t'oillil)', Orrun, i)fdi, Mortgaged, I'ower of Attorney, etc., drawn up, and Conveyancing generally prompt ly executed. Office. at tho Iot Ofllcc, Jacksonville. 39lf j. j-ioojt. j.iu i JLUXJN uxx I Apiilegnte C'icoK, O. T. '"PIli: iiuderflgned ulihea to inform hla frlenda X ami llic iraveliiig puiillo tii.it, li.ivlng lm- iirnMil tiutaiHivp l(auch,(liair.viny lietweeii ker byville and Jarkonville. formerly kuon im llarkNM'H'K mnehi) and nude nrninemcnti ullh I u family lo tako chargo of the houn. he I now fircpiri.il lo Bccommoi.iii an wito may pairon xo him, In tho very butt tylo. THE TABLE Will at all times bo m polled with the lcl Hie market itlibrdj; and combluul with good Stabling, Xlay and Grnin, nnd n careful hoitler In attendance, he hopes to merit n iharv of publio ialniiiage. 1ICOII HKAl'S, lyl 1'roprielor. HAS erected n NW am) Commodious Tav ern Stand at tho South L'nd or the llig Canyon, MIUOLAS COUNTY, O.T., Whero ho la prviwrvd to accommodate thojmlj lie In good tyle. 'I ho long rcuMeuco of the proprietor ut tliU point pa-cludeN tbo neceuilly of cay lug that His Table will boas well furuUhcd us tho country affords 1?JdlG iSl-t-XlDl Istupplli-d with Hay and drain In abundance. Anlni'iU will recelvo lurtlcnl.ir intention. Cvery attention itnlil to render thoto ulio call comfortnblo and MtUthd. -IGtf I. N. SMITH, AUorn.y ami Counallr at Uw, ami SOLIOITOR IN CHANCERY, CorvalllfOrtKO . 'M W. W. PAGE, Attorney anil Cooiiicllor at l.nw, rortlaml, Orgoo, uu "m. DTlirHoiiTbirT- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Han permanently located at NAPOLEON, JOSEPHINE COUNTS, Where bo keep constantly on hand a complete jortiuent or Drug and rufciit Mid'cluCs, for We ebeep for Carti. NJolcon, O. T., Feb. I7lh 1830. 3tf JESSE ROBERTS HAS Creeled New llulldingn nnd refitted the old U eru stand at CJ sb jm.yo jiB.'-k'' ji. H. JL.59 NORTH KNI) OF TUEiCVNYON, Douglas County,. 0T.V Whero ho ts prepand tn nccommotlito tho Trav eling Tublio In good style. HIS PABLE Will bo m well furuUhcd as uny In Oregon. Tho Stable In hrgc, nnd ncll supplied with Hay and Grain. Particular attention paid tn animal. JiO-Kvery attention paid to those who may favor him with n call. -Htf A No. 1 Winchester, O. T. rtMlV, SUHSQUUIIJU IIAVINOrf X taken inw llotci, win cnucavo. 10 mako It all that Its nauio liidlca'es. A well funilHlKMl Tabic,, clean and comlortablo lledn.und careful tubling fcUall Induce the traveling community to palroulzo the stand. . ... "Novtmber 8, 1?;8. 131' The undersigned takes pleasure In vnlllng ti!iiictfnf this o)pnrtitnliy of presenting u ynopsls of tlio Acts nml Resolutions pars ed by the Legislative Assembly nt the late session, In nhtcli Southern Oregon lias an In terest In common with the Territory, llcfore proceeding In dctull It will be ncceMory for me to ay that nt tlio commencement of the session n deposition was mauIfetcU to prcvcnl any legislation, urging that Oregon was or would lo admitted ns n sovereign Slntc before the holidays, nnd If so nil nets passed by the Territorial IcgIsIiituro 'would bo null ami void. This position wu.iassumcd by that portion of the members who last September opposed or ganizing a Hlnte government, asserting that Oregon would lint bo nilmlttcdns a Htate, that the Kansas question would surely carry with It tlio question of tho admission of Oregon, that Knii'iis would refuse to accept the Lc comptou Constitution with tliu "Kuglisli pro gramme," consequently such refusal would result In tlic rejection of Oregon. It was well known that Kansas did refuse to como In un der the Lccomptnn Constitution and " Kuglisli programme," nnd that no Congressional notion hud taken placu with regard to Oregon at the time of the meeting of our IegIatatlvo Assem bly. Yet llie tutio was changed, nnd those very men who Im J been singing "uo admis sion" without nny vlslbto evidence, was on the llrst Monday In December hut moving to adjourn, and Inully proclaiming Unit Oregon, if not then admitted, would be by Iho '.'Olli of December; yet Orvguti was not tidniltledup to Ihu Mil of Junu.iry, and imiiiy now doubt whether It nill bo admitted the prcK'iit session of UotigrcM. For the rensons nwlgncd, (ho Lcgislallvc Assembly don. but little business until uflcr tho holidays. Your Representatives from tho South nclcd together ns n general thing, except In granting divorces. At an early day of the session n commit tco was appointed to Inquire Into nml report upon tho legality of tho IxgMatlvo Assembly granting divorces. The commltleo reported Hint tliero was nothing prohibiting tho legislature from granting divorces, but as there was it general law upon Unit subject, It would not Ii." policy to legislate upon divorces only in extreme cases. The report was adop ted, and tho undersigned did oppose alt divor ces unless (he testimony satisfied him that the parties enmo wilhiu llie meaning of the report. It is to be regretted Hint such was not the course or the other members from the South. It is linnuwr duo Iho lion. S. WuUon touiy that ns n general thing he voted ngalnst divor ces, intll lute In tho session, when it hud been niailo clear that no matter how or n lint sort of u ease was presented, so the party wanted n divorce, thai It wai sure to pau. In such cases Wiitsun, and others, for the purpoto of reaching other meritorious business, often vo ted for divorco bills to get them out of the way, well knowing they would ptus, no matter how strongly they might be opiioscd. Il Is not In my power to give you n full list of acts, in fact I may not speak of nnny that you are Interested In, but such ns Is remem bered I shall enumerate. Tho first net is that of giving to Juillccs of the Pcacu jurisdiction in cases of mining claims nnd water ditches wrongfully withheld, also extending .fuitlccs' jurisdiction to administering oaths generally. Resolutions nnd memorials to Congress for the establishment of n Military Post and Indian agency In the Klamath Jjike country ; for a trl-weckly Mail from YreU to Portland, to bo carried in stages ; for an additional Lwnd Office to bo located at Jacksonville ; for an appropriation for a Military Road from Scotts burg to Fort Iloisc, up tho Middle (McKcn- s!o"s) Fork of the Willamette River: on Act to change tho Practice and appoint th lime of holding Courts in each County, giving to .Jackson nml Josephine three term in tho County of Josephine, on tho first .Mondays in February, June, and October, and in tho County of Juckson on the third Mondays in Fibruary, June, ami October, wero nlso those passed. Tho law iu nlation to Roads and lll0lmuy wus amended und revised, and will bo published in pamphlet form, for distri bution. Tlio Act appointing Commissioners to locate n road from Haley's Ferry to Rosc licrg, Douglas County, was amended, and ex tended, nml It is to bo hoped that the Commis sioners will few out und locate that much needed raid. Tho Chinese I.kcnso I.uv was amended so hs lo include Kunakns, to reduce tho tax to two dollars jcr month, payable quarterly, and to tax Chincso traders fifty dollars ier month.' This reduction or tho Chinese tax only applies to Jackson County. An Act was ivosscd for tho relief of tbo poor mid indigent sick of Jackson niiilJoscplmio Counties. The School Iw was so amended that the proceeds or iho sale of bcliool l-ands shall hcreufter remain iu the County in which tho lands lay, and that tlio Territorial Treasurer refund to tlio several Counties the amounts of money received from the saloof Common School Lands. Au Act giving tho County a lien upon the property of each person charged and convicted of cither tho crimo of felony or miwlemeiinor. An Act was passed giving County Auditors jurisdiction to tako acknowledgments of deeds and mortgages. Charters wero granted to Water Ditch Com panies in nil cases to protect tho parties as well as the public. An effort wus made to relocate the seat of government. This vexed question was Intro duced at niK) early day In tbo seudnn wi caused clJsMerablo interest and excitement. The Houee parted the Hill rvpcallng all laws locntlng the sent of government, and providing that If It should bo necessary for the Governor to convene tho Legislature he should convene the same at Salem, unless he should Oc secured by bond to the State Hint all offices and public buildings should be secured free of expenso for four yours, nlso for tho transportation of all furniture to such pluco; and to submit the question of where tho scat of government should be to the people. In tho Council it was iimended by Striking out the second sec tion, leaving it with the Governor to have the public buildings, offices, etc., furnished free of expenso for four years, and locating tho capital nt Portland. Tho two Houses disagreed. A rommltlca of conference could not agree, and the question was left just where It slnrted. An Act wus:'pMcd.'authoriztug tho Com missioners of Jackson Oounly to levy n tax to create a redemption fund tb liquidate the County debt. The undersigned was under the Impression Hint Jackson County was In debt from ten to twenty thousand dollars, and knowing well that County orders had been bought and sold ul prices far below their face, nnd that the money speculator was the only Individual benefitted, that the people must be taxid to pay not only the principal but inter est on the County liabilities, tlmt for the year 18080110 nnd one-half per cent County tax had been levied for County purposes, nnd knowing that from five to six mills County tax would pay tho ordinary annual expenses of the County ; that if the County Commissioners and the people so wished lliey should be per mitted to raise n fund for tho purpose of paying the County debt, thcicby diminishing Instead of increasing the tax, nnd prevent money hol ders nml r)eciiIators from buying County war rants nt less limn par, that llie people, tho tnx payers, should bo benefitted Iu equal pro portion. Since my return home the County AUdiior iiiiorniK inu imu 111c ouisiniiuiiiguviii, including Interest, 011 the 20th of June next will prnlmbly not exceed ten thousand dollars, nnd if the iicoptcnnd the County Commission er shall think proper to keep the tax for 18.10 for County purpose nt fifteen mills, It Is 11 fulr conclusion that by the 30th of June, I8fi0, by n proper administration of County affairs, the Comity will be out of debt, und there will be no necessity of nctlug under tho provisions of tho Redemption Act. Tho Penitentiary, that has been and still continues to bo such an eutlug moth on the 'IVrrltorinl Treasury, has had the u Hairs of its management partially chntiged, and a Siqicr iiitfiidcut is to be elected ut the June election. There was much discussion in relation to the Quartermaster General nnd Ids ofllcc, hut of this I forbear, as the report of the Military Committee has been printed. The two thousand dollnf appropriation to Roberts A Shartle, I voted ngalnst. Having been 011 the tnmmlttro that examined that claim, I was satisfied Hint there wus equity Iu the ease, but believed that Jucobs & Co. were equitably liublu to them. 1 could not vote that they should be paid out of tho jxoplu's money. Those who voted for the appropria tion 110 doubt believed differently, and it Is led for them to explain. in conclusion, let me say to my fellow citi zens, that Iu the discharge of my duly ns your Representative, 1 was not actuated by.nny other motives than a determined zeul to faith fully represent you. I urn, respectfully, your ob't scrv t, w. a. T'VAUir. tcr of granting to Oregon all tho tnounlnln lands within her HmltsT Congress would cer tainly mnho the grant, for the mountains nrc or no value to tho General Government, nnd if given lo the Stute, would becoino immensely vntuablc, by disposing of the hills and moun tain slopes to settlers nt 'a nominal price for the purpose or pasturing nnd raising sheep This must nnd will be the case. Cattle rntslng hcreufter will diminish and sheep Increase. The mutton will supply the place of beer, and the wool will be niiinufiictiircd to clothe a large portion or Iho peoplo who now depend upon Kuropc for these supplies. These lands whin they are owned nnd ap plied lo such profitable use, will still add to the support of our Stntc Government, by be coming taxable. I am therefore inclined to the opinion that this pioneer Woolen Factory will cause Investigations und Improvements, nnd finally lend to the development and suc cessful improunicnt of our country more limn the most sanguine Inuigliicr I therefore w Mi them success, und that they may continue with their heretofore energetic enterprise until somo of the results which the v so fully merit lire obtained. W. G. T'VAUIr. Lottcr of Qon. Wm. S. Harney to Gov. Goo. L. Curry. llKAIiqi'AnTEM, DKPAIITMKNTOr OitRnnx, ) Fmt Vamouvtr, IP. 7'., mi. 8, 'M. f Sin 1 have tlio honor to acknowledge the receipt or your communication of tho fith lust., transmitting a copy or the resolutions or the legislative Assembly of Oregon Territory, ex pressive u.thcsiitlslnction ol that body fn the creation nr tho Military Department of Oregon by the President or the United Htntw, and or the ciinfideneo reposed In the willingness nnd ability ol the officer assigned to the command, to discharge tho duties entrusted to his cure. Tho Governor or Washington Territory, has but recently notified muof lhuiimirm,lti-.i.ip - .1 . r . . . . . - 1 .:: " . in 1110 legislative Assembly or tlmt Territory on the same subjects. These spontaneous manifestations or the sen timents ol the iieoplo or Oregon nnd Washing. ion icrruuries, 111 invor For the Sentlual. Ealcm Woolon Factory. DkaiiSk-ntixku During my slay nt Salem, the present winter, I visited tho extensive Woolen Fuctory nt thnt place. , The enterpri sing proprietors deservo great credit, nnd the country cannot but bo benefitted by this en terprise. The fact of tapping tlio Sautlam River and diverting the wnlcr from the main channel through n thickly settled and farming district, affording wutcr for irrigation without diminishing the quantity necessary to propel all tho machinery for manufacturing purposes, is ulone of great ben .-fit lo the surrounding country. Tho Factory, under the control of the experienced Mr. Pratt, its Superintendent, cannot help but do well. The advunlages of tho enterprise are so many that tho spaco of 11 letter almost forbids my entering upon tho subject, fiunice it to say that the firsepuility of blankets, flannels and woolen cloth nrc being manufactured nt prices fnr below that paid for foreign manufactured woolen goods of the same class, In proportion to the quality ami durability of the article. 'J'hcro can bo no comparison iu point of profit and udvaulago to tho country over tho.o of a similar kind manufactured In the Atlantic Slates. The In ducement to produce tho wool is one of Iho great advantages resulting lo the whole coun try, which U Incalculable. Oregon exhibits a vast superiority o eru! most any portion of the United States, In the expense of raising and maintaining sheep. It Is hardly udmissiblo tlmt tho Northern States can produce liner wool than this country, when tho breed of sheep here shall 'bo improved to tho same extent as they nro there. Tho vast regions or high und rolling land with their vulleys, tbo purest or atmosphere, tho thousands or crystal springs nud fountains of salubrious water, cannot but mako Oregon ono or tlio bat wool growing countries on the contlucnt. This Woolen Factory wllhcall the attention or tho producer to this profitable pursuit, and I for ouo do believe tho time is not far distant when tho hitherto unsought for hills and Ugh lands of Oregon will bo Improved and dotted over with hundreds ol thousands of sheep. ould it not bo a wiscmovo for some of mi, ...till tiiliita nml at f..ii.ti In ..i..Ai1a it. if- W..I I'VHMVMIltf UtTVI HmtWHIVH V H1JUUWV til.'- I or of 11 nubile measure. sucn ns uie lormniion 01 tins iiepartment, liiiint be peculiarly gratifying to the highest digni tary of our country, as nn appreciation ol the wisdom nud foresight by which it wus dicta ted For the trust and kind reeling tho Assemble or Oregon have preferred to my humblu servi ces, I thank them with the deepest gratitude. I enmo iimmig the iieoplo or Oregon a stran ger, with but ono purpose, to'do whatever wus right under nil clrcumituucv. 1 have been received with n friendship und consideration, 1 did not anticipate ; und 1 urn hnppy lo stute, I have never visited nny com munity, whoso views und requests have been mure in consonance with reason, luxtlcc nud good sense than those of the pcnplu of Oregon nud Washington Territories In my intercourse with than. Icalevm myself fortuuclclii tho onnoriuuHv of knowing n people, wliosu history upicurs n romuuee, whoe duds are wondrous. Rut the destiny of our country Is ono of ml winccmcut, nnd Haltering ns your present con illtlou may nppenr ul this time the same is lulu In IK ii years from hence would produce mortification und disappointment. The future teems with such boundless ad vantages for tho Pacific coast or the United States, thnt the copto would bo recreant to themselves, to our common country and to the liberties or mankind, did they not continue their history ns n romance, to astonish und ut the same time lo enlighten tho world. 1'ruvidenco has cast their lot In no ordinary sphere. 1 lo has given them n country that re calls the rabies or Iho Arnblun Nights, with its delightful climate, its cxhausllcss soil, and Its cxlriivugunt wealth. The vcrv trees, from their number, slzu nnd craudcur, indicate that the most magnificent nuvics of tho world will ultimately float upon the Puciflc Ocean, bear ing the traffic or the Indies to tho Ksqulmaux nnd the Laplander, as well ns to the nations or civilization. Nature declares by her works, thnt her laws elsewhere are not Ihu laws by which .hols governed here and that man must rise equal tn the occasion to profit lv her bounty. Necessity Is already urginir Iho rapid devel opment of this country, with the condition of security and facility or communication to the '.IUII.TII OIUIC3. No other nge, no other people bare ever achieved such great labors ns the peoplo of the United Slates Tme already accomplished j but thaw labors have been confined up to this time to their own development nnd their own km. tress. As tho foremost nation in the wort or 1 ocriy, 1110 gaze, or the world is now uiwii them, to establish a policy based upon well de fined principles or liberty nnd Intercourse with the rest ol mankind, ns will obliterate the rel ics or the feudal nges, and by which the Imp. ptness nud prosperity or all nations will be promoted. They muit establish tho commerco nf 1I.0 Pacific, which is to regulate the commerce of 1110 worm, to promote tho interest or America nnd or Asia : fur these nrc the two continents to which It belongs. This must bo done In the Tuco of all the entangling alliances thnt Kuropc may bring to bear against il, The knell ol power was sounded In Kuropo, when tho first tillcrim vessel soneht a harbor on the western shores of the Atlantic. The icnls of thnt knell have been ringing through out the world slnco thnt time, warning man kind of its translation to America. Its mys terious transformation has excited nwc nnd astonishment In n higher degree than the chan ges effected by Its physical notion. Unlike the power crented by the ranatlcal religions or Asia nnd Afrirn, In the early ages, to build up magnificent nations only to show by their sudden disappearance the terrible ef fects of the exhaustion ol tho passions, Unlllco tho terror stricken power orRuropc, which has only been maintained by nrmed hosts, whoso rulers have been executioners, wnos? temples nuvc iieen prisons, L ulikcanv other impulse which 1ms before acted 011 the heart ol' man. The power or the world Is now germinating on the soil or the United Slates In the moral Influences that Christianity nnd liU'rty are transmitting from heart to heart, from under standing to understanding. t is inimitable and will becomo Irresistible. Time nor space cunnol effect It. Removing the barriers of race, climate nnd locality, It calls every nation 10 us nmmcu lasu miner us nniincr. Tlmt banner so glorious In Its beauty and hlirh em prise, emblematic or tho future, ns well ns tho present nud the past, nnd rcllcctlnz the nations of tho earth, bound together In friendship und brotherly love, liko the thirteen original Slates while the constellation above, like slurs of heaven, sheds Its light or intelligence, pence nud good will upon nil. Tho time has como tor tho people or the United States to prepare themsulves to wield this vast power. They are now In the pride or manhood among nations, nnd nrc responsible thnt the beacon light or liberty which they huvo held up to the world must never be extin guished. Upon the negls or America tho laws or In tercourse nud the laws or nations must bo in. scrllicd, to conform to the new, varied und Im- memo Interests to bo secured. Our domestic dissensions must give way be fore the murch of manifest destiny, and we must cease to notice the mote in our neigh bor's eye, that wo may observe tho benefits wo can iienp upon iiiiu I rum nuroinl. in conclusion, 1 desire you to Iniorm the legislative Assembly of tho Territory of Ore gon, 01 my earnest assurances to respond at all times to the generous confidence they have ex tended to this command, und I can pledge the sentiments or tho Army to the divieut Interest hi the welfare and pro. pcrlty of this portion of our common country. Your defence, your existence ns n commer cial ieople, yonrJutnre, dcculs upon the ef forts you put forth to attain these cuds. You nrc young, but you have strength. f.nr.....i. n..... 1 i'..i. i. .i.. 'i ..! UIIIHUIIIItl, UllVII Ullll 11 IIPIIIIIIllll Allll- tories must unite iu ono demand upon tho older States, (or the earliest completion of a Pacific railroad. They must show thnt It is vital to their existence, us 11 peoples worthy of the high destiny which nwuits their success, and Hint thev will repay their obligutlon one thousand fold by increased commerce, energy nnd enter prise. They must explain thnt California alone lias eleven thousand square miles of gold lunds, of which not more than four hundred have been but partially worked) and that the present population of Hie mining dUliicts mi the broad expanse of Territory on which they are spread, nppenr like mere specks dotting tho surface of an inland ecu. Tho exports or cold from Iho labor of this population umounU to four millions of dollars cacn mouiii, anil should tins popuiuuon uo in creased twenty or een ten times, wo shall have in bIx months fur more gold, than will pay for the most exiiensivo railroad that cun bo built. Let those facts bo placed fairly before the people of tho United Stiites, nud such a res ponse will be returned as will causa tho world to tremble at tlio irresistible power of millions or frco men. bound together by the greatest enterprise ever attempted by man. In tho interval which must elnpso before (he railroad can bo completed, is it not incumbent upon our government to render every oiner available route to and from the Pacific States, of the greatest possible security, sufety and dispatch, for the transmission of freight as well as passengers T To etlect this, does it not nppenr, there is but one certain und effective measure which wo can apply at this time, v'z : lo cover by a rrotectorate tho entire country from tho Rio Grand, to tho Isthmus or PunumnT Tho (Or ganisations or tho peoplo occupying thl sec tion or country cannot bo cousidewd w,na tional, nud thoy should not be permitted UMP tcrrtipt Our intercourse. In the scale or civilisation they are but one remove from tbo Indians itmwpTirw .our own soil, nnd like the Indians .tbey must gradually iiwappear oeiore tlio wfHWPBWii.Gl.UMS age, or md a helping hand li tkk.owu advancement. The opinion Is snmctlm entertained that Army as a body, nrc exclusive nnd avers; to that intercourse and sympathy with the citi zens of tho country, so necessary and essential to n procr iimierstnnutng or each other. J bis is n serious niistuko; the Army has nt limes certain duties to pcriorm, which may give a coloring lo such un Impression, but uono can regret theso occurrences more than thccsclvcs. As nn officer of rank and of forty yi?rs ser vice, I can justly and proudly affirm that In my connection witli the Army, It has ever been nntmnlcd by one sentiment, tlmt of toy. nlly to the people of tho United State, nnd should tho occasion arise requiring a selection between tho profession of nrms nnd their duly ns patriots, the Army will then bo found In tno ranks or private lire. With the highest consideration and esteem, l remain, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, "Wm. S. HARNF.Y, Jlrigadier Gtneral, U, S. A. To His K.cclleney, Gtonni: L. Cuimr. Governor of Orcgou Territory, Salem, 0. T. AN ACT Tb amvul an Atl rtlatmc to Etltays, and to Propnty lott and rttlaimcd. Section 1. He It enacted by tho legislative Assembly of tbo Territory of Oregon, that sec Hon 6 of nn act relating to (strays and (0 pro perty lost and reclaimed, is hereby amended so as to read ns follows : If the owner or person totltled to tho possession or nny stray shall ap pear nt any time within one year ahcr the no-1 tlcc is filed with tho clerk m aforesaid, nnd make out his right thereto, ho shall have .ucli stray restored to him upon paying nil lawful charges which may hvc been incurred In rela tion to tho same. Provided, hofrever, that If said stray Is not appraised at more than thirty dollars, be shall be required to make out his right tborolo within six months after said no tico is filed, See. 2. And be II further enacted, thnt section 7 of said net be, nnd the samo is here by amended, so as to rem! in follows : If tho owner or person entitled to tho possession of nny stray shall not appear nnd make out his title thereto, nnd pay the charges thereon, within six months, provided such stray bo not npprnised nt more than thirty dollars, within one year from tho time when the notice is filed witli tho county clerk, as provided in Hie fourth section of this chanter, such stray shall bo sold nt tho request or the finder, by nny constnblo or the preclnt, nt public miction, upon first giving public notice thereof, in writing, by posting up the same in three of the most pull- no pmccs in sniu precinct, ai least two uavs before such sale. And after deducting all ilia lawful charges of tho finder, ns aforesaid, nnd the fees of the constable, which shall bo tho same ns upon a sale or nn execution, the re maining proceeds of such sale shall be deposit ed In the Treasury or tho county Tor tho use of common schools. Provided thnt If tho owner or tho properly sold, or his legni representati ves, shall within ono year nllcr such money shall have been deposited In tlio county trea sury, furnish satisfactory evidence to iLo coun- ty commissioners of the ownership of such pro perty, he or they shnll bo inlltled lo receive the amount so depot I till in the couuty treas ury. 'Sec. 3. All nets and part of uels not con consist cut with the provisions of this act tiro hereby rciicaled. Sec. 4. This act to take efTect from nnd nfler Its passage. Passed Jauunty 21, 18.19. AN ACT To recottr jiotseuion 0 a Mining Claim ami U'attr D.tcti. Section 1. Ru It enacted by the legislative Assembly of Ihu Territory of Oregon, that nnv tierson clnlinim; the rlirht lo llm ihkou1iim nnd occupancy or a mining claim or watrr ditch withheld by another, mav mako com. plaint In writing nud on oath to a Justice or .. tho Peace of the count v in which the niinfiw claim of water ditch is situated, selling forth the facts constituting his rhdit to iuch titou. sion and occupancy, and such a description of tun mining ciuim or waicr Uiteli ns cflnTrmTeT nlcntly be given, nnd that thodefeodeut wrorg fully withholds tlic.pwscssloii of said uiluiug claim or water ditch from him. Sec. 2. Tlmt upon Cling such complaint, the sumo proceedings shall be had before tho Justice oftho Pence as in action Tor forclbl.i Ancient Egypt an( Modern New York. Some time since, we published an account by Professor Felton, of Hiirrnrd College, or explorations made by him while vbitini; Dr. Abbott's Egyptian Museum In this city. He hud then, in examining some tables ucd Iu the instruction or tho youth or Alexandria more than two thousand years ago, deciphered frag ments of Greek poetry, which, on apparently satisfactory grounds, he uttributcd to the Greek poet Mcdandcr, and which wcro not In cluded in any compositions previously recog. lured as from HiJgMid of that elegant drama list. It oppcars,7 n rcjort of tho American Academy of Arts and Sciences, that tho same learned Professor has lately continued his re searches, nnd witli equal succc, revealing to us, iu tiio "copies" of tho Kgyntiuu boy, as jionncd by tho pdagoguts of Alexund.ia, fur ther apothegms and passages from ancient Gro chin letters, brief and imiicrfect, to bo sure, giving a glimpso ol antiquity that stimulates, ir it docs not tmttsry the scholar's curiosity. Ihu school cxcrciso and copy-boks of the Grcco-Fgyiitlnii youth otthe age of the Pto lemies are hero fur tho first tiino disclosed to us, with the written expressions of the teacher's impatlciico or approval, retained centuries uf ter the cuuao which gave riso to them. Tlioee unhappy urchins, wbosu school-day flagella tions antedate 'tho dawn of Christianity, huic left on tho tablets which retain their pot books in initial attempts at chlrogrophy, pithy say ings, which embody and condense tie every day.wtsdom of a generation, us well as histori cat facts, which otherwise would bo unknown to us. And these things are brought to light by tho mere accident of a Cambridge, profes sor's visit to the museum of Dr. Abbot. What a combination tho year of our LoVd 1858 and the 2U0 before the Chri-tlau era. the school benches of ancient Alexandria nnd the show rooms or Uroadway, who so many thou sand, pass by without 11 curiosity to enter ! Truly, there are more thlugs In this multitudi nous noisy city or ours than nro always dream cd of In the philosophy of its inhabitanU. jY. y. Evening Pe. entry and detainer, nnd if luiboincnt ben-iidi-i-. cd for tho plutntlll', a writ of restitution shall itsuo 10 place tno pialntlirin possession orsuch mining claim or water ditch. Sec. 3. That In ull nctiou to recover tho possesion or n mining claim or water dlfcli,, proof shall be admitted or the customs. uunV or regulations established nud In forco at thu bar or diggings, embracing such minim? claim or water ditch, nnd such customs, u:igv or re gulations when not in coullict with the laws or the United States or or this Territory, to bo recorded ns evidence und lrovern the .Irrl.l.u. or the court or Jury In tho triul or action. Sec 4. That Sections 1G5. ICC nnd 10", Title 14, Chapter 2, of the Statutes of Ore gon, be end tho samo Is hereby repeated. Sec. ft. This act to take e'ffcct and be In force from and after its passage. Thomas Jefferson. Everything In Knttlnnd commences or con cludes with a public dinner. Douglas Jerrold used to say that if London wero to bo destroy ed by nn earthquake, tho decolnted inhabitants would nsMmble on the ruins the next day. to commemorate Iho catistropbc by a diwier. All doubt nnd dispute as to (he nulhoilshlp of tno Declaration or Independence are nt uu end. It was written by Jefferson. Ho states, in a letter written iu 161 9, that It was signed by every member present on tho llh or July, except Mr. Dickinson. New York did nut sigu till tho lSlh. Pennsylvania Mill hitler,' and New Hampshire, by Mr. Thornton, not (III ll.u .1(1. .f V ...( nil ra ui .nuri-iiiucr. "The t'oii.w.o;ii.iinia.,,,6njMr Rim dall, ".iwaks or but ono signing. And we tiro informed that the paper copy which liu (Jcf". f'.rSOIl) SO rClHIltl-dlvund lurlieuliirlvineiillmij ns signed 011 the 4lh Is not now Iu f.Uti-s' ." In his cotemporaneous uote, Mr. Jefferton, ac cording to Rundall, says : "Tlio Declaration thus Bigiied on the 4th, 011 paper, was engros sed on parchment, nnd signed again ou the 2d or August." "Rut," says Mr. Randall, "wo think wo have been informed that tho engros sed cony of the Declaration wus not 011 parch ment." Then Mr. Jeffersou was mistaken in that Important particular. Mr. Randall usks : "What beenmo of tho signed copy? It was, In nil probability, purposely destroyed when tho second cony was made complete." Denj. Randolph. Iho cabinet maker of Phila delphia, In whoso house Jelfersoii first lodged, roodo the desk on which tho Declaration was written. That desk Is now In no&c&rfon of 11 gcntlcmau or this city who married n grand daughter or Mr. Jefferson. The Declaration was written iu tho houso of a Mr. Graar, a bricklayer, on the south side or Market street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, or whom Mr. Jefferson hired a narlor and bedroom, firi says Mr. JeJ&rcon, iu a letter to tho Rev. Jobi .iicswc, oepicmucrzviii, ibm. j, ;., juoq Trantcrij!. A son of Olio Of our L-lllxun who lift til's port . sowo ten years ago as a Bailor in tho baik JI ad(, which vis-l won wrecked, wax tnr.cr siuoe givew p for lost. His father, boweui' correoNt wltfc.Ww through a spiritual ir.o" diuM, Vy w hleh ke b tho pleasure tSflearuii g iwu hw mtu was iu im spnni laud, whence 110 iveeiv4a wcatto that ho was nxnon? tbo saints, at) a crown of glory was awaiting hi imwr. jus commence was. however, stmUcn in thse sfdrilual revelations, by the arrival of his son nt this place op Thurway lat, iWw lledurd Mtrcury, ' 1 j' i' i - A Duwaumx Rhsidekoe, A KeohuV Vi per gives a- distressing atcoupt of things in lpwu, eempi.HtiM coNllIon to that of" thu doomed elty of JWwmIdiii." They have cicdi tors without and cpsSfto.? within, every third roan is a Lawyer, cvwy other muu virtually h IHiuper, obi. all standing lo llMto nud wipro &bWe IMmu, c?cPt the paliec.ttud oustA bles, I 14 ill VJ i "' i M M rr . ffc , -, o-V5!-;,