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Laws of Orbgon. ill
THE OREGON SENTINEL
INDEPENDENT ON ALL BUDjEOT8
ptr.lnl ( Iittcrtl of OrtKOii.
PUBLISHED CVERY BATUftDAY,
liv
T'VAUIr & HOBINSON,
W..T'rAU.T. W.M.J.1I0IIIN80V.
Propriotorw.
" TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
(IV ADVAM!!.)
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,
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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,
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