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About Oregon spectator. (Oregon City, O.T. [i.e. Or.]) 1846-1855 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1847)
1 ' 'f"" tease'' i i StXi5tCPnrrtf5VJt'4 fcaaitij pwry7z-" ar-.-.' nBUfmBHPHD ,r ""r- -"V v" V, PtT &jsruw' . SAKf ' A r ?.'V i. ate r PSKCU OP MR. BENTON. 1 It k aet to be eaaeotod that thk attea.' aejsd wiviMN will area be uMd for serea. STiSnTTiw trade k Ammkhiag now, aadseTawst imamdktoly ui TSl the amiaMofma(kbmbUauthof4& dea,it M MB kmae qalto iaeigniftoant. The balk af the ' bioaght to Port Vaaoou w to fraaer'a rirw; Bad when these pHjkte at the mouth of the Columbia, Uawaawaetstaada land and water carriage af sevea er esjht hundred mike. Some other Burns af roaehTaf Fmssr's river where aloae aayvahsablo trade k now carried oa sosm way ehertor U dktaaee and free from duties mart be found ; and it b probable that the Meaatatioae now making for a new port high up pa the aorthweet coast, it ie intended by the Hudeoa Bay Company to be their chan ael of aoaununication with Frarer's river, amapson's river, juet under the famoueline 14 dec. 40 mb., where the Hudson Bay Company have built Fort Simpson, and which the British Government made it a potat to obtain from Russia in 1835, will, in all probability, be the bow route forthe trade which now reaches Frarcr'n river through the Columbia, the Okanagan andThompeon'a river. It woutd bea shorter distance, free freav duties to a foreign Government, and -6am fbroien nort regulations. Thus this tree and perpetual navigation of the .GoMBtoia, wan tne eovereigaiy 01 me right' hank of the river, which tho capacious dad of Sir Alexander McKcnxie conceived, as the substitute for tlie northwest passage, had which has been the real point of conten tioa between the United Sutes and Great Britain' for thirty years, has dwindled down to a temporary and limited privilege, under our own jurisdiction, and will probably be ' abandoned before the time is out. As far fetek as 1801, Mr. McKenzie proposed to get the sovereignty of tbeColumbia,that, through it, aadtha rivers and lakes connected with Hudson's Bay, a new commercial route to Iadk might be' opeaed. His government 1ms straggled for it ever since. It now yields; aadk will be for the American Government so make the Columbia and the Missouri the turn 11m of that commeree with India, which abase the time of the Phoenicians, has ag afiswHind every Power that possessed it, and sariafced everv country through which it flawed. tie third article of the treaty provides for Ike possessory-rights of the Hudson Hay Company and other British subjects who may be in the occupation of land lawfully ac quired. It is in these words : "In the future appropriation of the terri tory south of the 40th parallel of north lati tude, as provided in the first article of this treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay Company and of all British subjects who may be already in the occupation of the ImJ or other orooertv -lawfully acquired within the said territory, shall be respected. The limitation of a lawful acquisition to all tbM rights would seem to exclude them all. aa neither our own laws nor those of Great Britain admit the validity of Indian sake to individuals; and as for possessory rights under the joint occupation convention, they could only continue to the end of the company, (18 63.) The whole object of thk article would seem to be for the quiet of the company, and the other British subjects un til they can remove. The whole language nf th riinln is technically orecisc. and 0. qually explicit ia admitting tho dominion of the United mates over tne occupieu pieces, aad the absence of all present or expected tuk in the possestors. The first words of theartiole (future appropriations,) admit pur right to dispose of these possessions ; the last words (shall be respected,) stipulate that the .Occupants shall not be disturbed. At the ut Mat this undisturbed possession can only stood to seventeen years ; for it is still of the new licensed company, and not of the old chartered company, that the article , speaks. I would wish the time to be shorter, 'aad believe it will be ; for, tho trade being topped, thore k bo earthly inducement to .smastJa upon the land, with a mere possess. fin right, doomed to a certain and speedy lasmlaatton. These possessions are few in -2Sbr, and small in extent., Port Vanoou. : lipVeioeede all the rest put together, and it 0a BBJOUBtsto a few hundred acres. The ' amwk' "mit tna P0"8011' for tnere 'SSFaW' simple title to give a constructive ViesMRueettl to wnat is not enoioseu. 1 am V.SSafTto understand the article liberally, aad to execute It generously ; hat la stikt- aeea there eaa be noiawmi pesaaeaieaa to Oragea, (takes the defuaot tiaaty would impart mh aaeraetcr,) tee pa aetof , toitae eye ot our law. treeaaesers; oartaialy graak ofkad will M mask to our oitkeae there, but, U km) oaa tempUtka theyare trespassers. The fourth article applies to tho faet Sound Agricultural Company, aad stipulates for the confirmation of the leads beloagiag to them, or their transfer at valusika, to the United States, if deemed of public or peeaJcal importaaoe la thk country. The artiok k ia these wank : i The farms, lands, and other aroaarty of every description belonging to the Pufstlt Sound Agricultural Company, on the aorta side ot the Columbia river, shall be oonarmea to tho said company. In case, however, the situation of these farms and lands should ha considered by the United States to be of pub lie and political importance, and the Uaited States Government should signify a desire to obtain possession of tho whole, or, of any part thereof, the property so required shall M transferred to the said Government at a pro per valuation, to be agreed upon between the parties.)' The option of taking tho lands of ihk com pany at valuation, render the confirmatory clause entirely harmless. The valuation eaa but little exceed the improvement, aad for these it is fair and equitable that payamat. should be made. The only settlement of thk company is at Nisqually Bay, on Pujst's Sound, which Capt. Wilkes describee as small in extent, and inferior in locality. The company can claim no grants beyond their possessions. Neither our laws nor British laws admit tho validity of Indian gnats; and under the treaty of occupation neither party could alienate the soil. Thiscomaaay k in the Olympic district, and it win he or public and political importance that no So. reign company should be established than. The Olympic district is detached from the valley of the uolumbia is lenue aaa ptsta. resque a square 01 mountains ana vaueys on tne seaooast and will make a fine Amer ican settlement of about one hundred mika every way. Pugets Sound aad its watofa 'will afford select positions for naval ststkam but it is too far inland, has too little eaanaW dependent upon it, and too long an apareaaa throush straits and channels, to be a ooaV meroiai position ; and since the excelkaae of the mouth of the Columbia as a harbor has been vindicr' jd. it is not needed for a purpose. A naval station, especially for 1 rge ships, may be established there; aa in that noint of view it may bo of publk aad political importance that no foreign compaay should be there. If the article had baaa simply for the confirmation of their lands, to the comnanv. I should have bad great obtos tkms to it; but the option of taking them at valuation removes that difficulty. In mv hurh and responsible character of . - n i constitutional adviser to the rresiucni, 1 gnva my opinion in favor of accepting the fMOf0 sitions which constitute thk treaty. I bow advise its ratification. The first articla k la the very terms which I would have used ; and that article constitutes the treaty. With me it is the treaty. The remaining thma rtfolfis am subordinate and incidental, seal onlv intended to facilitate the exeoutka at the first ono. The great question waa tkat of boundary. On that point hung the tosafs of peace or war. That being settled, stoke men do not permit subordinate and aooMM rial matter to balk the crcat conclusion. . Ia ku anSrii hn British. Ministers have aat Thv have not made their DrooositiOB aa i timatum; thoy leave it opea to ourobk tions, and of course to modlfioatfoos. 1 aa no doubt the threo minor articles might ha modified to my entire satkfactioo ; b W miAion with mo is. whether the diffcreaaa k worth the delay ? And I am very okar that it k not. The .wholo business oT;tM country requires tho political roiatlow of Great Britain and tbo United Stato(to M settled. The country has suffered top bmss already. Not a farmer but what his safhr od in the price of his produce; not a mer chant but has suffered in hk comaaen; ot a bustnem man of any character that k aat now jn doubt and uncertainty as to hk eftr .dnn. Mmv have been irretrievably rain ed; many are trembling on the hrmkof ruin. . . . t ' Rumors of war fill tho land: they, bays filled it since the beginning of th0tBtogtoJ nrl BlthOUM UMBO tUlDOn HW MM !g?W "flBlWII. tattamatatalaaymr T gV m "laaam safafB bbjmmbb m JMBjHBBWBaLfaBBBBBaB eBsamaaaam -lu ngnES for the &m)mmmmfthmi la 'akkmaTaaaair at bm aaisViaatkas walmmmaJlIm W Ismsf wmad esem7FSSsjPsasaw Wpf jp aaataaiWmmamsJsaf ?kllalfei aaamf mm MIJVlPtoef!ltomsaaiiy siisaj. sjsasa to aMjef-aMMmt'saiilsilns. aWam ! sBMmamJff,BfMJ " ." e'mf a . .. -4 at mrm - aalkf. aim saisaaaaj oc laiiraw, requires la he Wsit to ma mt7 tormtoal nn. ftisasa aai flaaal Hflssm salssMTBiaBatanrn aaaakBBsvtoBlBwmBm1as)saJBfsad mmmm&mmmnmwM aakaaaw-TlaaaaaBwamaaarmat -oaitkTTib mms fM whi ua, aad con- 'il . .II.r.T' a Mmm m '22 '.a , - seaatris)mtesM9vnsa.umjaBcuea NRW 4JOODN. JUST RECKIVKD sod forultsiih Himtt JOHN II. COUCH, Hlriped Coturn Hblna, Rewief J Mtriawek Blue 1't'jiUj Hheetlnev, 1 iilioii BhM see Brawn Drill; Cotton Carpeting; WlrteBwIQiiUu; Ball Cooes; Linata Tlinsd; Hat massis) GmMN MUftr Tra snd TaUo 8wwn; iMUag GImm; last Psswt Nordic FWilnff Hla; Umh mtMA IJskl Uitm: HfMraiu Rmii Mii,? be a Milsawi; Cemet Taa; ToUeco; Brtnm sad WhiU. 110.1 owl Hprrw IM LiBMSd UiK WhitoLead; ntch. Wart; rutrofw .V1m ""that ap. abs,'; fl P" taOae-hv TarsasUss J Blatk sad W WwMM to t'wCraskarVaad Qasras War lyhad of our axaaeta- aasBtaaatjBmaBlMasjeosM hat bat m JsfaaiNHHaf a treaty raamtd do aaatoaaM , smmy .wisa baaaera to tuni law tbjseMto ssaasMiwitb me United tkfsmal-tJamS be lathe will or ex iMitaMrpeiwy iaf taessgeiasd mtlmTsam1; Estsmss- ty, atmaj b:tatos1a ahatoy to me, or to 4mm,mmtim days k the U MfsMt SB af the aa. iuaa half h mm mmafafwmTi; amwBBpJBBjaTmBmTa aWssy paaaa M.fJto amtomnvvar far to sawiaffiamat ttom. aa. at aat varr aatoiis .a-1 taafaaal ami ami am ammaa aayaJBafl amft BaawtaVaasaamft mpsatomaTasjt M aZ'aewsjaska' akiato of dwssamBOaaaamf--dl thepesssss. ammaraBjf Hfc iimny m af mdi rliwh 1 dnglil ll f etoimeaf the Pa. aato skaad AawlaaJamal Cimiisy sad frt""?ra aad i amgkjtai aMsaawaaaato'Bmy4aar forty raaaaBmamm,emavBMasle'toahorteB taa warwafo Iftsam IPN vamfor the Hgito 1 W7" aCIAsl BALK at my farm In Jav flsws, Asm, Harrow Tci-th, .Vood , frk. mora lloga, sic. etc. 8tf. 90, IH47. Cliniutinrc Oo rV niuprwg 1 Whent, I A. lUiNRS. IB 1 Far sab abase far Cask or rraduce. 8tt.90tii,It47. 18 tf. VALUABLE PROPKUTY FOR BALE. Liil-t i r 1W1HE ittdfrdsiMd othnt (nt-mir hi claim, which SJspasritinn 0 JL b aituatod In Wa Tualily Maiw, 'IValily Co, M aena of which ia trader fence, with udirr gtl and aceaaary imamvcrrtrnU upon it ; au ricellrut nrWi aaN is ia aucceatful oacratlon njm a (Ueani (aaaiDa Ihrssfh the prrmiata that abrn alTurd a iiM-nuf nl fara saw null. Thle water rout Indrrd la niacrpii. bit of past milling imiwinemniU. A couuderaUa let of hop will likewise be aold with llio above named BNfertV.aU of which will bo aold on very liberal lenn. It woatd bo to tho inlcrtet of nuy oue drairoua uf pur chaaltif aalmprovrd claim to rxmnine the ahuvr. For forUwr infonuaUou apply to CapL Kilbom nr JOSLl'U OAt.K Stpt. 30, 1647. I it Fmmk Wau. Wiixiam M. .Smith Ward fc Ssaith, C 91 HI I SB IO If KIEfXCIIulXTH, Han I'lurtcisco, i titf Califouma. 5 Faaiala School. A flUlF. FOURTH SESSION OF Nr. M. THORNTON'S SCHOOL, in tlii- city, will esataMaco on Moaday, October lllh, and will con Uaaa sierra weeks. All the brawhee tauolly cum ariaad ta a thorottfh Eiiftiah education, aro Uueht m tfkM gsaool, tagather with Plain and Ornamental Noodle Work, Drawinr, sad PaJatinr in Mezxutmio aadlaWaUrCokr. Buiot aUaalisa will be fiTes, not only to the Intel Isatasl MBarertraeat of the pupib, but ska to thrir swab asaf BMaaem. It ia Mrs. Thoralon'a draign U asas tab a aanaeatat Bchool ; aad her past eueccm aad kaf asscrieece as a teacher, enable her to bop But aaa wil) give geaeral aatiafaction. roatJe wiH bs charged from the lime of llinr enter iag ties Bcasel, aaliMUMi cloae of the Kraion. For fartaor partievjara, inoaira of Mrs. Thornton. Rsntajwcsa. Ilk Escefteaey, Geo. AbemeUiy, ) Hob. A. A. Skinner, Oregon City. Her. Wm. Robrrta, ) Dr. Msrcaa Whitman, WaUawatta. Oragaa City, October 4, 1B47. I y6 aHlYaal Ok Veal Kvrytelf r rnirlK aadentgned baring enlerrd into copartnrr .as. a st Ulackamaa Uity, the public generally, - isaasyaaB ammWt,pssmJBslBt reasons iwiaiw imk'1: awamammtTaf.fi- shrry years aaTamaa 1 iTaTfi l llTl Tmtlisaallliiiiii a , 1 a, aaiamaaar BBasa -BBaaaS(afeaBm aaaasBaa msmky faam tS f;saiamm aad aa. I Mill II . Mil I IM I ll I jBsaasjsaa a. toifjBWVstt'PBHwiBa aWta,ratolM WwWafflKlPlilll 1 fJowbt, aad a ban) ji ,tl ftoal aislka awmaa mmBTZfiawiamaBaf the small araklsiamMamVMsM'imt wise men -ml aaamwftimVsmVeVsaaiaaestte these ?SSKmr wkdy BMikjBtav,y. V?jyi-Tr- TAramalBm5? ' j Mk :t'jKwaaamK BlBtoalp Js fhs ffsMk jBasajL "Sai aBaWuBaSJaaaaf aaawak'SBaaa. ami aa mfmmMNffmm'- to ssmmammMmBlaam1s,s feaajis toSmwHfWpWtosf hh) aaMai toaajp BJP easaBBSa miB , SSSpa aaaaaa aaa, aw ' abaiiaaamaamSnaBmmmBiBm aaaaaaaalssa1awasaajgejjaaa'y" jHPHBmamBVWt?' ilijaauajlHflH 4lRMK:ftom VTJammmmmmmmmmmm''mfMeam ef amfsmCmSmasaaSatwBsd to kw k MmmmmamSLaSallIl Lju -w- -TT OmpHBHBPMNp,J '- IMC KWB,jir'ii $iy . - Cit srnerallr. that thev saaao BLACKMM1THING BUH1NBMS in all iu would inform their that they will carry vaiisas bfaaeaos, as foliowas All kinds of wrought Mat ararfc. mmA fascnlntf ufjinaiU. Iruiiintf nmm mid nu acnaasy aasisf OM wagons, Uaxu, iiearboM, etc. , txp 1 Of taa Toaa af every Bad made and repaired, alao cajtulcel iv other thlncaloelediouate nwntioo; or a uUle cneaper than any An- NORKUS 6l CUTTING 14 tf IX)VEJOY hereby JsHt PaMiskett. THE ssesad Na of the Main street House, cor ner of Mala aad third croaa atreeta, Oregon City, is saw ready for inspection, where the proprir lar aaa eoatlsti aato fnraiah the beat accomodation in his sewer to bath Msa sad Beast ami charges nothing at all, yea kasw the rtit. Tbera b) BUbHog attached to the Kstobliahmeirt saffkioat la sccemmodata 100 Ilorwa. A few No. 1 Baairs Horses on hand stall time and will bo let or seM lew far cash. I eaa emUaue to bay snyUilne that no one obo B. W. MOHH. Orsfsa CUy, Nor. 18, 1847. 9ftf Taw Orogeai MsHH'tater. Tssaa Fhre eoHsrs in advance ; if not paid tmtil ahssoakstba af time moaUia, sis dollam, and if pot pahl at the expiration of sis moutlia, the director rs ssrvs Ihs right to discontinue If paid iu naah, B4 WT AevarusemeDts inserted at one dollar and fifty Bti ft ssasre ef slstean lints or Iras, for the first rttas, aad eereaty-llve cents for each aubaequeut asaaUsa. A bbtral deduction to yearly advert iter. ITAIIUassef JOB WORK handeomely syoca ted at the ahsrtsst aotlat payment iu odroncs. Augers, BsHs, Cm Work, Kpnra of eren- de- aMmsavoUM MetcrsMC asshsahiOrrsau. Ckakanas City, July 6,1847 E88R8. BURNrrrT k. grse aotioe that they bare Ueu-DDixaiilrd rsr Mr. Benbmla Btark Jr. and are suthorbrd as aasad te dm kesjaeei during hbt sbaence. 1 Orsgee City, Nor. 25, 1847. S3 Ct rVotfce. I HEREBY forbid all atrsons from improring and ratrsdJag uaaa aria any way whatever latrfrm lag wka ear part or parcel of tot No. 8 and lot No 7,1a yeah No. 1, as found in Hasting' plata of tU tswa af Oregon Cily. H. IL L. MEEK. Oregea Cily, Nor. 18, 1847. 22 3t H ' fi1 W