JL vMfc & J w 5A !' wurihllof is dittriat .oourt of I Italaa frf.tki pmiat tarritory of : a ahalLia aHitlna. ba Mid iwoMHMHwm mmmjt;m aooaipaa Mtim-totMkn,-ityiam. -. a ife9.1'...Mii( 7wtM-tMf. Tilt thywrt wiHwy;,ohtof jimUob aad4- : soa-asa iiido, attamsy, aad Maiakal, hall btMiblli'Mi .W.ajktVvUli the advioe awl eaaaat f ta aaaata aapafatad, by tho prsaHiaief tW0aitad8taaa.t Taoaovora or jatol aaaraUry toai ajtpniatad as aforesaid abati, .fcafcra thayat aa Mtafc, raapeotively taka aa aala or aAftnaUoa, kfcfore the die triatl m jayjaa ar aarMjtjatioa of the peace in .iin.-ri j-i. j.. i :- I.MMJ tka, aid territory, duly authorized ift.aMaUtarttt!aa and affirmations bv tho laws JsMnia oim tlterain, or before the chief gaaaaa aci sana asaawaie justice 01 mo su preia aottrU grinds of district court of tho United States, to support the constitution of the United Bute, and faithfully to discharges the auuea of (.their reepectivo olhcesj hta of. fiec ; which aaid oaths, when so token, shall bo certified by tho persou before whom the same shall have been taken, and such corti ftcatea shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceed, ings. .And the chief justico and Hakodate justices, and all other civil officers in said territory, before they act as such, shall tuVc a like oath or affirmation before tho said gov ornor or secretary, or some judge or justico of the peace of the territory, who may be dtx. ly commissioned and qualified, which said oath or affirmation shall be certified and transmitted, by tho person taking the same, to the secretary, to bo by him rcconlet1 an aforesaid ; and, aAcrtvards, the like oath or affirmation shall bo taken, certified, and re corded, in suph manner and form as may be prescribed by law. The governor shall re. oeive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars as governor, and fifteen hundred dol lars as superintendent of Indiau affiiirs. The chief justice and associate justices shall each receive an annual salary of fifteen hundred bee thousand dollars. Tho secretary shall re ceive an annual salary of fifteen hundred dollars. The said salaries shall be paid quar. tcr-yearly.rot the dates of the motive up pnintmrnti, at the treasury of tho U. States ; bum suchpaymenl shall be made until said of. t fiats skafl have entered upon the duties of tlicir - rtsptcuvc appointments. The members of the 1 leaskdative assembly shall be entitled to re ..aatva three dollars each per day during their . aHsppance at the sessions thercoi, and three .;doMas each for every twenty utiles tracl in r going to and and returning from the said ses svjoa, estimated according to the neurcst usu ally traveled route. And a chief clerk, two atnttaut clerks, a sergeant-aUirms, and two assistants, may be chosen for each home; and ? the chief clerks shdll receive fee dollars per day, ana the said other officers three dollars per day, during the session of tltc legislative assent- ily; hut no other officers shall be paid by the United States : Provided, That there shall be Sut one session of tho legislature annually, nleas, on an extraordinary occasion, tho governor shall think proper to cull the legis- lature togetner. mere snail oe appropriated, aaaually,"tho sum of one thousand Jificcn hundred dollars, to bo expended by the l-ov- ornor to "defray the contingent expense;; of the territory, including me salary of a clcrl; of the executive department; and there shull also1 bo appropriated, annually, a sufficient sum, to be expended by the secretary of the territory, and upon an estimato to be mudu by tho secretary of tho treasury of 'the Uni ted States, to defray tho expenses of the le gislative assembly, the printing of the laws and, journals, and other incidental expenses ; andlhegocernor and secretary of the terri tory shall annually account to tho shall, in the disbursement of all moneys intrusted to them, be governed solely by tlie instructions of the secretary of tlie treasury of the U. Stairs, and shall semi-annually account to said see rotary of the treasury oi the United states for the manner in which the aforesaid (sum . ... . . .. ... . moneys shall havo been expended,; ana nii ex. 'i ptndilure shall be tnade by said Icgisltitivc as. Vsnmbiy for meets not specially uullioriied Inj fmmwm ot congress tnaxtng uie apvropriarion-M i sums thus appropriated J or such for the government of said territory on tho thirteenth day of Julyf seventeen hundred and akfctyaava ; aad shall ba eubjeet to all the a&na, and rrstrifXioaaati prthlfcitions in atid articles af compact ittmd iipse lha pefpla of aaid territory; anil That the inhkh its $f said territory sfutH Wmays be tmtithd to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus and of the trial by jury, of a proportionate repre sentation of the people in tho legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common late. All persons shall hthmjla blet unless for capital offences, Kherethesajfft shim be evident or the presumption great. yAtt fines shall be moderate, and no cruel or un usual punulunent snail oe mjuctea. wo man shall be deprived of his libeaty or properly but by the judgment of his peers or tlw law of the land; and should the public exigencies riake it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's properly or to demand his par ticular services, full romjHtisation shall be made for the same. Ami in the just pre-ier. vation of rights and property, it is understood awl declared that no lata ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, Imna fide and without fraud, previously formed. The ex isting laws in force in tho territory of Ore. gon, under the authority of tho provisional government established by the people there of, shall continue to bo valid and operative therein, so far as tho samo be not incoraasll wiui mo principle ana provisions 01 hub mci, bte which law shall be subject, neverthete, lo be slier ed, modified, or repealed, by the governor and legisla tive amembly of the mid t'rrrilory of Orrgon, until tht tna of thtjirtl tctnnn of the irginlatite attcm and required to continuSMo exercise nnd perform the aWtiM of their ropcclive office m officer ot the terri t of Otmob temporarily, and) until they, or other, Ml btfdafr artsiated aa uMUd ia ill their bUcm b lh tasaasr hareia airsctal, t until their UBcm , ehsMbslsslihiil. , Bee.; 17. 'And leftfmthtr tnuted, That the mm ' i Uiraa tkwawna tMlaa be, aa4 the aame is herrby appropriate, out of any money In thatmamry not otherwiae appropriated, to be expended, by and under the direction of the aaid governor of the territory of Oregon, in the purchaw or n library, to be kept at the eat of government for the me of the governor, trgi. I lative ajBeniwy, judge of the vupreme cotirt, ecrela ry, nijaaaW, aad attorney of said territory, and mcli other penwM and under iach reguUUfl a ihall bo preecribod by law. Sec. IB. And It it further enacted, That when the land in Uie mid territory hatl be purveyed under the direction of tho government of the United Mtatct, preparatory to bringing the earne into market, unction numbered sixteen ana llurty-aix in each township in old territory shall be, and tiie same are hereby reserv ed for the purpose of beinc applied to kIiooU in said ti-rrtlorv. and In llin KlalrM nnil lfrri(finMi hmrnfifr In I be erected out of the name ; and tiro entire town Aim Unit in aaid trrritoru, one in (Ar northern ami the other in the mutlitru irelion thereof, irAirA May be located 111 tction, ihall be in like xnanner re$erred for the use of the future inhnbitattti of ' sqii tectionl, retjirctirrly, iiwn (Ar ailmiitinn of one or both of raid tectum into the Union ua State, maid of the eitiiLliihmrnt of titriiwituty of learn ing in each of taitt tectum ; mid Imrmhipt to be to Cfitrd b the ftiiiirtior of taut territory, in oon a ' taul land irhti eon the location may be made are turreyed. Sec, 19 .lm.i!fif further enacted. That, (tetii. pornnly, antl liitil utl(iTi.o ironird ')) law, llic goieruor of said U'irilory may ilrtina the judicial !i. trict of said territory, nod umiu the juIjre w)in may ' be appointed for said territory to the -evrral ilniricU, I and aiao apjioint the time and place for holding court in the several counties or miUiivinioiui in rucli of tnul jiidicml duttncUliy irocljiualiini to lie immimI by ti.ui ; but the liguUmi iiiM'in,biy, iit tlirir liri or au n.li-e i quent wHPifiii, tin) off an I, :i!trr, or modify -in h ju- .f.. rM. ... ............ Um. l.lm.i JL.... w.w vi ifi. uifiivi .rii .vffr . M iviiurvnuu te'er That no jnJrhion, of ,uch lair vr any act f.'c,aI "T. '" siw ipi Jtage. oii.i alttr ll.r hereafter Paed by the legi.latne a..rmbly of aid I !mM nud lc ' li-Wmif Hie court, u- lu tl.em alial lerr.WyAiHter0,iirur(0rr,nc(cii0 m irrojwraiid ien.eiii. any of the United State,, or of any territory there'. $",c- .2"- -lrf". ',' ""th'r "'J' " M & of, from emigrating with their vrLrtu to and et-, crt0 U -J-p-n'- l-yUie IV.drnl. - and .ll. ilm aavice ami conwui ui uir r unir, lor uif i ernum l lau Great Britain, concluded on the ffth day of AuguO, eighteen hundred and fvrty-ix, thall, an or bejore thejirtt day of January, eighteen hundred and Jor ty-eight, file a memorial, in trrtttng, letting Jorlh and deienbing the tame particularly, and ij land, by mete and bound a nearly a vracttcublt, and when and huw luch claim tea acuired and obtain, ed, together with a ropy of each and ttery contract, agreement, conteyance, trantfer, or other fettling upon which uch claim may he founded, and pray ing a confirmation of ouch claim, with the clerk of the dittrict court if lh judicial iliitriet where eurh property may ill and hereupon tht judge of taut court ihall proreia HUM all pomtie aeepaten, un der inch rule aa h may prucrtbe, to receive en done in relation to,iuchcUim, and ihall make lack decree confirming the tame, in ichole or in pari, vr rejerting the tame, ai tuck court may deem lawful andjnit, according to tht true intent and meaning of laid treaty. Sec. UG. And bt it further enacted, That it ikalt be the duty of the United State dittrict attorney for tuck Jitlrict to at' end to tht iuretigaton of tuch cote on (Ar ;ir of the United State, and the clerk of laid court ihall, once erery tkrtt month, make a report of atd cate; and tht proceeding thereon, to the tecrctary of the territory, tth ihall report the tame to the prettdent of the U. State, with the executive correspondence of iaH-ttnilBtt. Src.U". And he it further enacted, That if any claimant, or if the United State dittrict attorney, ihall be duiatitjied with inch decree, an appeal may be taKcn, within one yeat afltftkt caute u made, to the tuprrme court nt the Untied State, a in ca ' of opptal from dtrreei in chancery ; and the ilerttinn vf the taid tupreme court of Ike United State ihall be final. March .'I, lb I? Considered in committee of the whole; Mr. Kvmw muted to le on tho table yea IV, nays lid aflrr coiitiilrriilion, Mr. Wescott moved tv lie on the tnb'.r, sml ngfinl lu jeas 80, ay 18. Yeas Mewi. Archt-r. Umlffrr, Ilagby, Jlerrien, Ilutlrr, Calhoun, Cillrj. )ai, I Aim-, reene, Hunt lnitun. Jiunnjjtii, Jolmroti of Mil, Mtmgtim, Mmnn, Miller, .Mini-limit, I'eaicr, l(uk, HimmoiK, tmil-, rplmiii, i l-!i r, S -colt, U idbndge, Yulee UC. Nrs Mrwr Allui, Atlilry, Atcluwui, llriiloii, llrrr'f. Urit-ht, ("nun run, Cut, C'orwin, Dickllu-ou, Dix, I'nirfii III, Il.un.f.iii, llbiuton, JoluuKin ot Ja, Nile, Mutui mi, Tumi v lr, y ifoif mmmieltttiai ,mf ti. si mtmul iniinit A....,;,,.- i..v ,-.,., th.r..'J f.,11., n,. Oregon, who, by irtue of the protuioiu of any .J7.. ?n i..i.. ., ... . y.-J7.1.. i now exwtinir. or which rnuv be inactcd dnnnirtlie iirjnaiifzfinaii wear nrntm.uuraiiini'eM. nrirMirtrrm. . . , . . Iirjjnt I .iliirrjl. tir rilliirlt In Til kfiirifv Cnr min. and immunitie thereof a a territory of the United r - - ,"; --"" ,."', ;.",' ,w " State, vitkauck proferty, on eyuai footing teith ) hat ii.ayl .utnirtedH.Ui them for d.-bursemrnt, citizen, of ony ofthiUniUd State ; and all laio , ,,a ' "e "ul, " al ",eh '"'"' pi-". d m and partioj lair which thai! orvratc in rr,(ro;t och ,"ttm"r' M ,,,e l""-"- Treawo" may of or detriment to the full enjoyment nf tuch right art hereby de-tared to be null and roid; and the lawi of the United States are hereby extended over aud-declared to be in forte iu said territory, m far as the same, or any pronoun thereof, may 1 applicable. Sec CI. And lie it further enacted. That lh leg islative assembly of the territory of Oregon thall hold it first session at such time and place in suid territo ry a the governor thereof shall appoint and direct ; uud ut suid firat wntK.011, or aa soou therealter us Uiey fholl deem exjiedivnt, the governor and Ifgolulite at fcctnbly kltall proceed to locate and establish the Feat of goternment forfuid territory at Mich ptare as they may duiu ol.yilile; wli'(.'lijlace,liuwei-r, thall there slur Ik- Miliji'Ct to be changed o) llm mill ('otcnior prrrcribe l'acd the Kouto of itcpreiw nUtives January 1G, 1E47. Attnt: 11. B. FRENCH, Clerk. Seciil. And be it further enacted. That erery free white permn born without the United State, and not a ettisen thereof, and who wa a rendent of laid territory on the fijth day of Augut,one thou, tand eght hundred andfurty-tix, or who it tuch re title nt at the time of the piittage of thit act, and who continue tn reiide therein, and who may dmre to be reengnitrd in taid territory a a citizen of the U. State, und to arml hmnelj oj tin privilege there. 1 11J in taid tririlury, ihall, within one ycarjrom the jiattage nj tin net, make lu declaration in wri .Sst:. ss TuaiCTa THE SPECTATOR. . IL - oro. u ci'kxv, rurrox w. r. nuioi, raiirrxa. - and ie;ilntne avtmblv. And tho miiii of twent) ting,aml an oatl.,rj iiirh dew, and of hi intrn fee tiiou.iild dollars', oiit of jii mcii-y 111 the trrj,u " '0 become inch citizen, trtttug forth the plare ry not otherwise upjiroprrtti-.I.'ii hereby aiiroirijtft ' of hi nalirity, lime of emit-rnlwii lu laid territory, and granted to raid lemtor or Oregon, to be oppliid, ' "' hi renuncwtwii and abjumtutn uf allegiince by the "iiwnwx and legislative aiembl thtr-of, to to all foreign poirett, und particularly to the pmcer the erection ol i-u.lubie j.ubbc bujIdingN ul thl wut ol r ttate of which l.t hath Jnrmrrly Arm a tubject or goveriilillli'. ruizeii; anil auo an unin iij aiirmnre 10 me vnilea 'N5ec. II. tn(.r furt'hrr enacted. That ndehgnte State, iimilnr to that required of appliiant for to the ll(ine of Itepnwiitutivevof the LuitHil.StuKw, nnturalizntwii under the net of eongre now tn to erve lor the term of tw yearn, whu kliall bo a it. iyorrr; and uUo prooj by tuu credible wttneiie, on izctt of the L'mled Stales, may l- eh tied by Hie vo 'JA, of hi good muiat rhaructiKtiud of h't bfyng . i!i .t . I . . 1 . . r.l.. 1 1..... . - .II -ill-. ... - it It. tL- tnirrtunmt.t iTnil rn, - nC iL Ir ie iuaiuieii 10 cicci iiii'iiiu.-m ui mu icjmiuiitu own-in 1 -.""" " - , .......... ... u.. IUM -y . . lily, who shall lie eutillcd to llic nam" right and prmN Stale; which declaration, oath, and prooj may be (gen as are cxeH'iVd ami enjoyed by tin' delegate fftoiii theMvriul other 'JVrritonr nfthe United Wtstesj to the said J I hum- of ltrurrreutattvc. The tin-t clec tion thall bo held njiicii timn and placer, anil bo con 'hsmondl Seo. 13. And he it further enacted, Thitt the inhabitants of said territory shall bo en ' titled to arfpy all and singular the righti, privilage,laal advantages granted and ho cured fVth'peoplo of the territory of tho U. ' Statea'nortlHNatof tho river Ohio, by thoar- u tlalccbf cfltriiitt' contained in tho ordmaiicc made mid lal.cn uejore me gorernor or tecretart.or any judge arjuitice of the peace, or the clerk of any dittrict court of aaid triritory; and on the tame be ing filed in the office of taid trrrelary, a certified lumiH; lllw 1:1 ..mii Plum in; " - -.- - j - -, -.. .......... ... 1 person huviug llm greatnl I "aid territory to all the pricilegr thereof: Provided, ij dedurrd by tho gotinmr to however. Thai w It pcrion thall nut be entitled tu rtificate thereof hall Iw given ' " prml'ge of a cilizi n of the United Slut, rhe- ducted in euch manner, iw the goernor shull apoint tpy thereof ihall begiren to mid per ton, who ihall and, direct; und ut all subsequent elections, the time, I thereafter be If Id and deemed in laid territory to places, und manner of holding tho election shall bo '" a citizen oj lite Untied mate, and entitled in prescribed by law. Tho number of oterhall bo lw il!ilvilelift- nnil 11 ni'-tififiili llii-ri-itl .li.il Ih tnv aeronliiiflv! Prodded. That tin- Liimnensatioii lor where than in raid territory, until he fhutl nai r hri 11 mileage of' tho taid delegate rhull not exceed two nilmiltril to ritizemhip under the act of rongrei tboiuaud dollutr: Prodded, further, That the Dml rrtpectiiigthrntil.iratizatiunofforcigntit. delegute hlmll serve only fur thu Congrim lor uluch Sec.Sl!. .lurf be it ftirther ei.arted, Thtlthetec he is elected. rrlanjoj the tcrrtloiiAihall be entitled lu 11 Jee of fee. 1.5 And be it further enacted. That all smln, one dollar for said crfiijitd copy of aid papern, to procew, und proceeding, ciil und ciim.iril, ut law he paid by taid applicant; und it thall In the duty und iu chancery, and ull indictments und inlormittioiiH, nf tuid itecrctnry tu muke a contlencd return or al which shull bo .tending uud undrterinmed in thu court ' -fi net, once erery fix month, of ull urh certificate iwnmuucu uy auiuuiiijr ui tuc jiuvi-iuiiui u,ri,iiuvui 1 iteuea irom HI vjjtcc iu inc teou luiy uj time oj tne ui vfivguji, wiiiiiii 1110 iiiiiiui iu rum ii-iiiiory, wucii 1 united iMUict, this act shall take cneul, fliull bo tritinMcm it In Ixi heard, tried, pronrcuted, Und deli rmim d m the dinlrlct courts hereby o-lubliehed, which tuny incliidn the counties or ddtrirls wh tc miy nidi procei thugs limy peuuiug. All uouus, rLiogmuuce, uml oMigutioiw (Inu riiutsoeer, vuhd iiiiilir Urn cxikUrtg ISW-WttgmtiHt limit of mid urn lory, hli.ill lo vulid under tins act; and ull crime und iiiinleiiieunort u- guirurt Uie luws in loico within mid liuiils may be prm Sec.ii'l. And he it firlhrr enacted. That all pro. tecutioiw for criminal oJTence vnder the lairinf mid ' territory, or othertnte than under lite luwi nj the U, J State, ihall be in the name of laid teirilory, and , Pe etpente thereuf thall be pai.i by the territorial government, in tuch mmimr a limy be prettiibid by the Into of mid terrilmi. Sec. 2 1. And be it furthir cita tfetf, That the leg. I inlnlirr ntHrmblii ol the lerilloiti thall nroritle I111 routed, tried, and puninlied in thu court.! rnlubli.lied , jr the election, by the iuoUJifd votri of nui'd oy irusuci, mm nu iwiiniiieH, lurienurc.i, uctmiis, ami territory, ol a utterly in inch it.untuuj lltr nu,f, cuusts of action, muy ! reioetvd under Ihii net, irho hall iricc two inir and vi.til hit tuccritur ii the same in like manner kj. they would Inyo been I elected nnd nuidijicd, and who thall erectile pro under the law in lureo within the limit oofiirxiniin; cm" until r tlte lttr of taid tenUnni m may he mr said territory ut llm liniu this act rhull go Into opera. rn7W by tltc mid laic, and ichoe fri thall be -0"1 1 provided by the taid late. Soc. 16. And be it further tttactrd, That nil ju. .See. 13. And be it further enacted, That erery lice of the pcuce, roustuhlel, sherilKf. and ull other nerum r .,-..,. eomnanu or romnanim. r'uimimt judicial uud ministerial ollicem, who shull bo in ofllco powmory right, farm, land, or other property, Witliin tliolimiu of said territory when thi act shull ro Aarr .rr;i lawfully acquired withm idid territoru take cfli-ct, shall be, uud they are hereby, uulliorized under articles third and fourth of the treaty with Oregon City, Fritf. 17, It 17. To CoxxmroMirMn We hare git en up our col tiinrui nlni'i-t ruiirely to the nerrs and our cormpon denls. We rhull mduator lo make amends nnon. A particularly iiili-ir'iiug 1 dilonal, nboul our trip in lh Cascade Mnunlain, l3 brn crowded out of thi number. An article rigned I'-tcr II. Burnett, now in t)ie,we hmc bi II coiiiwllrd to defer to another imm-Ix-r, likewie, S. S. White's couimunicatmu to the im migratmncf 1-17, rlintl uppiur in our next. Cssca,' iijuii public miittetv, will uUo have a place iu our next. The prueirdiiig of the Wmhingtonian mriling, wo rrgnt to say, ut arc couijxHed to pontpouc to nuulhvr nuuilM-r. Usui llonv or NKwsi'RiroaT, xaxiiv. Wo hatu beloru us a letter from Hue no Ayres, dated lifis. J I , by which' it appenrs that Mr. Swaney had matin hi apMarati(o there, with his family and a Mis Han nali IVulKsiy. He -aid that tho letters for tin Oregon iniiwou were thrown overboard from tho Henry ; that hi -burn of the brig win bought by the Captain at Hi Catheiine's ; the umounl, which he sometimes said was $1000 uud ut other limes ll!.5(), was paid out of the pecio coiirigtud lolho misxion; nud that the residun was spent by tlieCuptuiu. Mr. Kwasey gave nut lint he won going oierlnnd to Valparuiro, und actually rtait til, but 1 iiiun back ufter ftghlceu duyK, and Iheu lull. etl of riliiriiing to the United Stales; scmetimes giv ing out, liuwi wr, that ho wuh going luengugo in bun tiih-w tli ;i ri lniie muirwliero iu tho interior. lln ut'ciiunt met uilh little rredeiiee. Sumo beuetolentgenllimtn selMiin IVnbody up in a ktlmol, uiitl lor u lime rhe went 011 well; hut h r fiilntqiuul iim 1 1'lhugi disapioiulil nil Ihrir hop, and induct d tin; belief that she was parliully do ranged. The New York Commercial Advertiser is thn first paper w e ruppn that gun publicily to tho ulxnr, We feel it our duty to muko romo rrma.ks ubout thi matter. Wv wnuM state for llm information of tin jouinitl and the public iu general IhntCiiptiiiu William K. Kilboru U now u cilumi of Him Territory, respect ed as such, mid luis niinilicrlem friend who urn til tnehrd to him by Ih'k gMk'nrss of charucler who uie not dirjNni tunc ihut character availed wilhuut mi elliirtm defence. .Sulliceil in say Ihut tho llrig Hen ry is now Iriiihng between lliir pml, Culiforriiu nnd Ihe Kuuduhh IkIiiiuJh; that nil Ihu hiininrni ol thiMirxl M-rliiiuiiig lo her outward ojogc hits hcen utlv;iilid lo with thu nlinoKt satirfuLtiou to ull concerned. Willi regard In uny mistiiulumiumliug ihut muy exist In lu ecu Capl. Kilboru uud Mr. Swuseywn havo nntli iug tu ray, they can settle Ihut bu.-iucw tliein.ehoi. 1 ?LZj EStStl