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fW J F-S-,'5 ci r.i rj m wm 41 i v. I It tv '! j . T Iff"! i' " 1 I P,wr ofFicis law. AN ACT tocat. J -'"W'' ,,u8: omcP D" pirtintut 6 1 Be it enacted by the House pf Rrvre. sentativrs of Oregon Territory, f Jfatet: Thu hero M be established at Oregon Citv n general post oilier, under the d.rec tion of o post master gcnernl, who shall lo elected by the House of Representatives, mil bcfo-0 entering Uoii the duties of his otlic., shall take ami Rulwriln- tlie oath nl lhec, cuter into bond and security, approve.! by the coventor, and shall hold his otlice lor two years., , , $ '2. That the post master general shall establish wt offices and appoint f-t ma ter at all such places as hall appear to him expedient, and provide for the carriage of the mail to and from the same, directing the route, which route shall Ih considered the tKst road. He uli.ill uivc the .km mas. tcr, mail carriers, and all other permits em. ploved hv him, instruction relative to their duties ; 'he shall receive from the K)t m ' ter their accounts and vouchers lor then receipts and expenditures, once in three months or oftcner, with the balance there, on arising in favor of the general W olluv, ho shall pavall expenses u Inch may nnc in conducting the office and in conv. y. ..r i.n nviii mm n i niiieriieii-ss.il i ten per cent. ukiii all monies by him re ceived nn.l payed out. . T , .r... .ml tin in fiic... Iron, This act to take ciicci wm " - mid niter its passage. Appbovkd Oregon Citv. '-'lid Dee. 1l.r. CONSTITUTION (IF THE IIBEIiON I'lUNTlNU ASSOCIATION. Ill diiler to promote science, temperance, mor nlitvand general intelligence; t establish a printing press; to publish a monthly, M.ini.iiionthlv or weekly paper in Oregon the undersii'iied do hereby associate our selves into a body.M be governed bv-siieh rules and regulations as shall, fnun time to time, be adopted by a majority of the stockholders of this rompuct in a regular Iv called and properly noflied meeting. ARTICLES OF CO.MI'ACT. Art. I. 'I'liis association shall be known bv'tho name of the "Oregon Printing Ass.i. ciation,"' and -shall hold an annual iiicefng at Oregon City n the first Tuesday in De cember of each vear. - Ats. '-'. Its olli-ers shall be a prcsid. lit, vice president, sccretar, treasurer, and a Ixiarilof three directors, who shall be elected uniiuallv, by liallot, and shall hold their olli ces until tli'uir successors are electeil. Ai:t. ". It shall Ik- the ilutyoi me prrs, Imve been published in at least two numbers of the paper published by order of tfm ussn. ciation. OFFICF.US of 'run association. W. (i. T'VAULT, I'rimlriil. J. V. Niismiiii, Vice I'resU. J.no. I. Huoni.s, .SVr'i. Ceo. in:u.Ni:riiv, Trniur-r. ( lorx. It. Ni.wcll, ) J.vi. II. Con ii. I tire J mi. !'!. I.o.v., j THK FALL tF KMIMIIKS. i.on is in nismiiv man, and utterly dissolve his Ih.i-1- l know, ledge, remind iin that (!) it ''""' Wherever the eye is turned, l whatever iiiarter of the world the attention indirect, ed, there lie the remains of ni'i- powerful, morn advanced, nunc highly skilled nation th.iil ourselves, the almost obliterated record of .! e ini'diiy past. I low seemingly well founded was the delusion, and indeed how current even now, that the discovery "I Co. luuibus first opened thu wuv fur a cultivated people in this " new world." And i t how great rciis'ii is there for thu conclusion, that while theioiinlrvof Ferdinand mid Isabella u..s hi .i-lr.iliL'er to Hie i uiuvinru mis, (Oil IS IM UIMOIll. "- . - . The lluini ,' Kiii-l.;t.' The relics of Aiiierie.i t- - iih-I with h.uim mid iTiind-ur; ' . ... . I ..I ,.i .itiL mul mighty empire" nr ilecav of tin all objects that can entertain the muni, the hum .iillicting. The high wrought M-rfer. lion of heautvand ail seem l"ru but to per- . i i i. . i :.. isii ; ami iheiii is seen aim n-u ' '" 1 bereiit law of their being. Hut such is the I nature of man, that even while g.iiug up. j on the relics of unknown nations, which have anec ol the man, aim ui.min.-i "ll ,'",., '.., .)rt.silL. at meetings of the ass... pen, of the po;, mhrc departmen : l- mil j J JM - L-rtIllut-. of M.k and also superintend the business ol the depart- 'T"'',, f, " m. ,.., forthepavments of EKJSffWtaSTi. W ru ' .. ,, 4 ii is,-, r...niliii n inova irom ohce. ?s4ii-!.Ks:ru- ces of Oregon, anil wuere iiieiu n -- - . . . ,,,.i.. ( ct i covereu on. nu ui- iu.i-t Si made b the House of Representatives, rectors an to J A ... ' . . .. -i-i-i .. uiciumuiii .in- .-,..... ...-.....- ,. CI,,. Assvr :in Kiiin re was once ailKe i.i- oi uii-i!ii. ., li. .:,..: l .,w. i i.n i.ns o i h; n-.aru ol n:. :. , ,, .....,,,... that were! The overthrow M,, cun- Mid temples, pvramnls ami i . ..r i Il.hi ii oil n liti-li flu- Imilo master worK.s oi man is, m mouuo", m - - nigs of old Spam l"'iir not tin sngmesi n ln'mblnnec. and l f"ie wbnli the idles oi the old win Id .ire shoiu ol tin ir grandeur. Ml these great Him "1 still greater ua t s, .should thev not i' b us .1 les-oi, . ' humiliation, confirming as tin v iK tin- truth, that fi'.M' ii hi hiitorii, whnh man cannot survived' iill histon, he forg. ts Ins own per-1 pe.ietrat. I If the historian t. lis i.s irul., ish.il.h: nation in 'the spectacle of enduring i that a hundred tlmuviiiid men, reli.-vi.lev ..reamess. '-iv tlin e months, wen tbntv v iirs in mm- We know ofiiospectAcle mi well ealcula-i ig a sige Iv.vptian p ran. id. what c.i. ted to teach man huuuliatioii, ami convince j lu-ions iti.iv we not r.-as..ii .l.lv lorm ..I lb' us of the utter fragility of tin- proudest antiouitics of our own eontni.ni. whe Im, inoiiuiiients of art, as ih'e relies which re- almost bv wa of .lerismu one would sp iiiiikI Us of vast populations that have pass, j ,s,., styb-d the ' n w imr'.. I li-e 1,.- ,r ed fn.in the earth, and empires that have .,f ehiss.r rums which have reiuler.-.l ti." crumbled into ruil.s. We reu.l Hn the J us! w-.ier.il.li-: anl tho . mil ith..iii:iM in . l .1 i .1. . ('.I.. .' ll... nr.'w'iir Vl . ii. .lii nils wloill h.Mi nlH'lled ll it ll 'I ruin.s "i mi- "''. m ii- ' " " j I '....I . 1 1' tin. .itn ol men Were Inllll oil foundations, beneath wnich the earthiual;e si. .t; and that we abide in the midst of the .same ilooiu whnh has alrea.lv swallowed so much of the records of moral magi, licence I ii.!.. r .such I'tiiotioiis we hik on all human w I fir . . , -I II lli.i! ..nil's a-. I .1 i. rt.il i p i. Ion ''i vtrixe - i I'll'-ll' . ' -. '. I .ii 'I nil. 6 :). That post masters, mail carriers, and Cat. ami sue. -.n... ns ' " B . " " trrr(,r .,. ..,.,. ol the vvmhl, and IJ..b. .lfotter pcrs in any way engaged with rectors, as ?1, an i ' j . . ' '" 'o was per never surpass. ,1 in power o employed bv thu it office departmeut, to tune, togive one month s mm te ol ..lisp,. ',,,, ,., ... , , ri. JN for the transaction oV the buiness tlicrcol, e.al meetings n the ass., '; ' ' ,),. r, ,.Ncn a r, f Habylo,,. save ., the ih.ll ' - ? 'c liabilities, pen. , RT. .. I H- - J;; ; - u r , , , Jy w , ,. y fcn . ts and misdJmcanors, as are and keep an accurat, ae mo 1 1 mm , ; Sic.1 in the law alKivc referred to, where I received and dish. '-"Lam. ay out I n S, Vision is made to the contrary by the . I,. accordance vvitl ,, ; s jlrau n- I HoU of Representatives of Oregon ; ami the preside,, and syl r I -; . , ,, .,.: 'T.; " ....1 r..,fi.iis. for the same of. take charge ol the funds... all the ui-uiii-n, ; ' ; ,- ,.,., iui., ....- ""- ' ... I . ,. ,...,, riiti- account ol a 1 llOni.n I ... ., . .. . .i In -diKimed to oblivion ; am first i.ivn.cd the '.ear into WUM- . .: ' . ., .. . i .... . ,.r .1.; ,.n..ui.ii.f! looive sue h seeuriiv ioiik all i,uch ounces, itctauiis, ami inisoii.iuu. ..... s ,.-..,. . who shall "employ or permit any other than terly, and to pa over to Ins successor m ol ,. r).(r(. mbuiiM iuvi.n , -. - . i i .. ts. fiw. tin iiirifisi in ii ii iiM)i:iiiiiuii, o trt., nine i e.sceiiilant oi a wiuie .ni.ui i -. , . fur tl.e lihllosolllllT oi t' . Iiollgh t" hlllllble the pi I spirit, ami dispel the ih In hide the II .tlungli ' j worl s? St i ve li I'.ii... ! ' of the pow. I oftJ h iii -ii i iiltm.' short the Ii cor I . ci iii c l.i . "(" r. rr.nii lli II --I Dil A.lv.llu"' MOUSKS r.l,K TUn I;.Ni'.TiC Thl.l'.iilUI ii This w. nd. 'In' inn loin - in !v re h'lig. In In e.ilee a MC . - Iin I .a! I" ' " " th' r ....1. . li i i. iii II le.' lei. oi-- .Hid ' (.ll 11"- - - i omnium' .i.i"' s tr in la p'- ,. Iliu- i I T. 'i. t.i:ii ! i .indii. ' n months, and uiVLiitid even tin o-line it" lioolil nartake si -..,,. r.n.. o unin'irialiiy as to be in the lapse of a lew centum, con. foiindiil with the naiural pheiioinen.i of nr untain and vallev . Wl.oi-an certain'v show us ihe site oi tin- W-i-l. fcnee;; dcthults and misdemeanors, as are , ami kP -" -u J' j " " ' -J '" W' r'-! !''" 'J'.': .""V"'. 1 ' " "r,; ! ". VI ' TZ Z ' '" '.'.t ".'.f 1 1 mi -( - - ---. . 1 1 ithi i ( i'.'. v.niild no hiiL-.-r 'end tl . !. t'eii bv mail or epn -s, and l. "-u'j. n a d--lii'. of thiitv--i In ur- l'"- theausw. r. Tl'-v would be i "iiip lbd. I -. tin natural I Ul-e ...f i veit, t" u-t- tlit I elegr.iphn- i .lii-v. ' a , . w hu It iin ans tin v might g .ie .hi. ,IU, Tin V would hi i (impelled, Lv ! ''IM. tiiral course of evellt-. t Ulse tile Teb-jr.-jilni; 1 . . -ii i.i i .i.. . I . ..in ,,i ii,i i. I,v ulor i mi an- t n V luii'h' .. . . U inunri I he .III i els o I If rv ramios ui.ii -.,. . .- onvcv the mail, shall, for every such ollcncc, I Art. 7. It shall be the duty ot the icers , (f , u,l;)lllsllI11.Ilt , ,, , an answer to th. ir eon,,,,....., Sli...,,, in invur a e. alty of not less than twenty dol- and l,ar,l of tl.rec.ors to manage and super. lV, , ,, , 1r , ,, , ,ir ami a ball a., incur u ptiiuu . ;.......,tr nroeiire a suitable iicrson totlo so, "' '.'" " .", . .. . ...,., ...i. ....ni;.... ... t hi cistim. i 1 .. r crrd-m 'eiiM lnrs,. - ...is....,-. ,..----- ,,.,. ,,0 , Where is unine, wie im-iisum.. ii..hiui .. , " . , ,, , , ... ', ., .. n f . . : . ...iiiitii t.i i i in isiiiiiti i-iiiiiiiii-s1 . t .1 l.. ..sva- infrttn tint ftriTiri miiiiiiiiz iiii'i i''' - -- Inat owners ami iseuieiaui ..-. ..-.-, .- s ...... , , ' .. I. ' . . -li... II.. ! .!. ..nn.ill,!! tl. I'll! IlloV 111 I III 6 4. reij.iiri no New Orleans, T h .rup'i i llifi . It woiibl er lime t' ( ouimiiiiit at wit i if tin Tt Icgfunhie i Iin - 1 .. . . .i . r .1 I.I i U'l. ...... nil,, lit In- In ill tin J 'I'hnt owners ami Keepuia in n-. ...-.-, ...v. s ...... , , . . ,.Ust. i a icrror o ice orei i .. m-n- ,- ...7 -...i i..:... a.,,1 ....rsni.v. wilfullv of tlin association ; to employ an persons n - ,..i;. ....... fi 11P... tl,., fame ! reuuin no Ion xoi. guits b..u....v,, ... ,.-.- . ... i : ,!,,. ri..tini or editorial departments .-i,e ....... -. obstructmg or retannng i ; 1-- . . .,. ... ...-,. - stll,c.m of " which has reach-., ev. , , ,., our ... , .nan. shall oc sudicci v uu uwi-"n..n w. .... , , it. aiul penalties of the law aliove rcierred to; wriivini'ii inn i hit ifusi iiiujivi ,'.. " , - i i hi iiiik' m-i ii' utri i i i l.i"mv r .,...!.! '.....ii ..,.,. '.,rnisl.nllsiu.li ' nrnnor for their govurnuient, provincl lion. ....'". ....... :.. :.. ...,.,.,:.. .I..,I s , Teleoianb is now in opeialioli iirvin fiLin i wit M.i inn i iuuli iiniMi'iii"it .... i r- i - - .. , .. o iiiiv iirnii'it iii i'iiir in in iimm hh ou' - - r- - i uiri i LuiH.ii . .-... -- , . . . :. . . r n.... ,. .. .i.i.i... iiii.i ihiii.iw -n - - r- ., wners or kcepeis of fcrrir. 'iSl 'Z i n of anv , o hs I ' H y .-"-mi.,,,1 - kriilrrnc. iimn KJiirl muto.with u tninscript of ao much of the law us relers mrticulurly to 4intiii in nit .". That the following rates of postago eot tl.e qu.re..,uu.ep.......,uV. """ '!'" ",. of which has reached ev.n to our tune, in .m-w vneans, . . - ovisions of the press; to publish a fill statement ol vividness Alas' Sin too has failed tors eM. nded thus lar, than it would with rrcd to; their proceedings stim.annually ; to dralt Tntw x ,,.. N, w rk r lhan ,IN.s bo-w, en S- ,',.h . al shall, and adopt such by-laws as they um deem . h(, Vi.r 1(.r ,orip.f n1 fclf,rll s,r, m ami Court street, in Host.;.., w here thr all Mich I pmiwr for their govmnent, provide, no hv. , . I . - ,,,;,;,,.. h fw,.ril , (litt(ll.llls. T. l.g.apb is now in opeiat.oii. 1 1..- onlv ites and aw contravenes the spirit ol these lutieles ol I ,j ,.,msiiiniil is that n Hirisite fcir striking crint of i omnact; ,o declare a'dividend of any prolit.s " I X ""ZZU. ' the cha.aeters. (the . lec.rie lluid trav, ling ""I""-'! ' - . . I." I ' . arising from the printing establishment, as often as they shall iiccin it expcnicu. ; io im anv vacancy that may occur in their nuinl yr; I'limriMir ihi-ir hhiiilovM, fnnit nil Inali, Likf diuin winch tin- wi.iu'l Time Ilaraifcil tu count Iiin mtH hy." Th ...iniliiiiit the raiiL'.i of our western the cin nil of the con 'uetofs at a velocity of I HUN-.- mil's in a second,) ami Trot. ;lorr. has made lllllol the cbarueters i & ." That the followin" rates or postago i anv vacancy uiaj may ocuui nun. .,, i ii.oiiglitiiit the range oi o.n ".si.-n. imsmmie nnioi mo cnaruciers in a miiiuie, shall' lie ehared upon all letters and packets three of whom shall constitute a fUortim, , wi,Sj ,,JW1 jl)t Mxit:o, Yucatan, Holivia, t,r, u long eomiiiiinicatioii, hetwein (except buch" as are exempted by law,),con. and he competent, to transact business. i . ,rnvi.(,rs ,avi. f,een able to discover , Washington and Haltiinore. It would, there- veved in the mail of Oregon, viz : For ev-1 Art. S. The press owned by or in connrc ni0st indisputable evidences of extinct ruci s r(. r,(i.ebui ten minutes to transmit n ery letter coiniiocil of a single sheet of pa. ti0H wili this assockitioij, shall" never he used , f inL.M) highly bkillcd in learning and the ,,u,nuiiicationof MIUII ' -tter-, whiih would per, conveyed not exceeding thirty miles iri )V nnV party for the purpose of propagating arts, of whom we have no earthly recoid, 1 1. m.., mii,.r than the maj-1 ily of li-i-eiits- over thirtv, and not exceeding eighty sectarian principles or doctrines, nor for the saVe the remains of their wonderliil works j ,ws ,.t, r ,f More has tt s stem nUa tiles' iM; eighty miles, and not exceeding discussion of exclusive party politics. which time has spared ior our contemplation. ,v which all loiiuniiiiieatioiis through the u.n l.imdrMl un ! two hundred miles .')0. For , , Tim ctnr-lf r tl.i association shall On the very spot where forests rise in tin- Tehgrat.h are made private. The most pi i. . .' .. i .... I ll ,.l. ....in. I,i-r,l,.i nriuidoiir. and sei'lu to have bcell e.. ii.ii. liiwiMi.k'i ..,. rw i tin rnu ni ( in n in 1-111:11. uu iu , in win n i t ! "-- ----- . ....... U.11I.S.SI . nU U., ... ..,..-.- , , , r- i1l1i,I1,1. ... I1( vntiiu nf rwictntro nn nnWHOADers. (.'UCU, 4 CtS V.. Jniihto nr trinln ltfnrs or nack'L't. tllCSU ratcu shall bo increased according to tho pro. portion fixed in the law above referred to. (I. Tho post master genoral is hereby au. thorized to allow euch post master a comrnis. eion on tho postago by him collected : provi cd the commission so allowed shall not ex eod tho rato per cent, allowed in the four tccnth section of tho said la.v of tho United States. . 7. That all post masters, post riders ami mail, carriers, shall ho exempt from militia jutles and service on juries. 8. That tho post master general shall, nco in threo months, render to the treasurer ef tho territory a quartorly account of all the receipts and expenditures in the depart ment, to be adjusted nnd settled as other pub. lio accounts. Ho shall receive, as a full wnpenstttioa ox his sorvicee, ihe sum of ii letter, or tl; ...,i.iil. r Lux. ..in i..- "M. ,. iriil.'d ihromdi in cash or its equivalent. j......:.. ... .v .-..., ,.,n,. ............... . - . ,. ,i .. .. .i. n.. t.i . !.-. ....;.,. nil. .r .n.iw .rntioii him htoou. IlllSWlir- il.,, 'I ..l...ii-ii.,l, wiiliinil n luml or selitelli 0 ART. IU. ror every icii onur! jiuni iwmui.i.n. '"-- , . ' , .," :.'.'. . . . treasurer of the association, the payor there red, grown old and passed away ; and not i,,.;,,,, j,.t,.giblc io miy body but the w liter of shall receive a certificate for tho same, , only their names, hut weir nation, iiimr urn. . i 1 .. ....a... .a i..a....i ..ini.ii lino iitisiii(iii iiiiii iiiit'i iiiiiiwiijii 1 1 tin signed hv tho presinem, auu coumeinif:iic.i (luup- i..- r...n....., ----- . . J . ' , . I. ....... IT. . ..I,.,..I ,v,r tlioErniii'ii tmnnlfilltt IlllOdCS. VV IK) i.,..i..j .... i t..t... -...... .-....... ...- -.- ut 1 1 unravel to us tno inagnmccm rums oi by tho secretary ; and for every such certifi cate, the holder thereot, or nis iigeiu, mi pre senting to tho board of directors satisfactory evidence that ho is such, shall ho entitled to one vote in all the annual or special meetings of this association ; shall receive prorata of all monies that may accruo from tho nrofits of tho printing establishment, and allowed to transfer his stock to any one by certifying and endorsing his name upon tho hack of his certificate. Aut. 11. Thoso articles (excepting tho eighth) may be altered or amended at any annual or special meeting of the association, provided that the proposed amendment shall t. Mi.vico Viieiiiiin and llolivD.. over which seem to have been antiquitiex in the. iluyi of Pharaoh! Who were tho builders of those gorgeous temples, obelisks and palaces, now the ruins of powerful und highly cultivated people, whose national existence was proha hly that of Thebes or Homo or Carthage or Athens? Alas! there is none to tell the tale; all is conjecturo, and our best infor mation concerning them is derived only from uncertain analogy. How forcibly do these wonderful revolti tionsj, which overturn the master works of " ."r - - and his corresKiuilent. 1'ltOi.lt'K . Tic Louisville .Demo, -at of the UOtli ult. says : " On yt i iiduy an emigra ting party passed through our city, consist, ing of father, mother, and twenty children. The parents apjicared to he nliout forty-livo years of ago ; tho three youngest children six or eight months only. They worn travel ing in true pedestrian style, the fcire leading bote, thn damn superintending the interesting group, while throe of thu eldest daughter wnr.i imrrviiiir Clip!, mm of the babies. TIll'lT destination wo did not learn, but think it not improbable the old man is about settling a colony in Oregon." Tlioy ha.vo not yet nr rivoJ,
