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HOLMES
OF THE STATE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF ITS CITIZENS."
& BAYJVE, Editors and Proprietors
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AND FOR SALE AT THE
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CHECKS, on Bank of the State, and Cape
Fear Bank".
PROSECU riON BONDS, Supr. Ct.
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VEND1 EXPO., conslabfes levy
COMMISSIONS to take depositions in equi
ty, and Supr. court
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Do Delivery do
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Superior Court Fi. Fa.
Countv Court Sci. Fa, to re-
vive judgment.
County Court Subpc&nas,
Superior Court Warrants,
Bonds for Col'rd. Apprentices.
Volume 2. Number 102.
Loco Foco
FRICTION MATCHES.
pTfth GROSS, HOLMES' Improved Fric-
Qjjw tion Matches, just received, and lor
Bale by the Gross or Dozen, a superior article, nnd
warranted. Apply to JAMES MARTINE.
A constant supply of the above kept on hand, and
will be sold low. to sell azain.
Fayetteville, September 5, 1840 SO-tf
NEW GOODS.
WILLIAM IHcI N TYRE
AS just received and offers for sale, Superior
Black. Invisible lireen & lsiue loms : cea-
wr fc Pilot Cloths : Double-MiIPd Drab & Lyon-
Skin i Sattinnctts, Kentucky Jeans, Strong Twill'd
Key sey mere., Flannels, Vestinirs, Blankets, Blanket-Coats;
French Merinoes & Circassians ; Cali
Musiins. Mouslin D'Lains: Shawls; Plush,
Musk-Rat & Seal-Skin Caps; Wool & Russia
v.,- Wat B.mts & Shoes : Hoods & Florence
Braid Bonnets.
GROCERIES.
Teas, Loaf-Sugar, Wines & Liquors, Cheese ;
Raisins, half & quarter Boxes, White Figs in Boxes;
Window-tiiass, fuuy . vv mi-
Hardware & Cutlery.
Carpenters1 Blacksmith's Tools ; Collins,
& Go's. Axes, and Whettmor's Cards, &c.
Fayetteville, Dec. 12, 1S40, 94-ls6t
"LANDS FOR SALE.
(By Decree of the Court of Equity.)
I SHALL expose for sale at public Auction, at
the Court House in the Town ofFayettevdle, at
i I o'clock, A. M. on Monday the first day of March
1841 (it being the first Monday m the month,) the
following valuable real estate, to wit:
The lot and store on Hay street jommg Kyle's
?t preaent occupied by William Watson. Terms
CWarehouse on Franklin street, joiningThoraas J.
CThe" lot and store on Market square, at present
occupied by John B. Marsh.
The lot and dwelling house on Union street and
Maiden Lane, at present occupied by William S.
Lrrh-The terms of the three last mentioned hous
es and lots, will be notes required at either of the
Banks in Fayetteville, to be approved by the Bank
of the StateARCH,D. A. T. SMITH, c. & me.
Fayetteville, January 6, 1841. 98-tds.
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comfortable dwelling
nT-r .nn t-.a vine
he for rent, may find a tenant, on applica-
ln fayetteville, Jan. 23, 1811-
Fayetteville
FEMALE SEMINARY.
I should express to its former patrons and friends
my confidence, that in the hands of Mr. Spencer, it
will be conducted with ability and faithfulness, on
the general plaa heretofore pursued. Mr. Spencer
as a teacher, is laborious, accurate and persevering
R. W. BAILEY.
THE Subscriber will open the Seminary on the
15th of October next, and hopes by givin"
his entire and exclusive attention to the business
Ci J? department by competent, efficient
FEMALE TEACHERS to merit the patronage
heretofore bestowed. In regard to the plan he in
tends to pursue, he has only" to say, at present, that
he is DETERMINED to give a course of insir-jc-tion
m each department as THOROTJH as possible.
The Academic year will be thesame as before; com
mencing on the 15th Octob. r, and closing on the
loth July, and divided into two sessions. Pupils
charged from time of entrance to close of session,
and no deduction made for absence, except in cases
of sickness.
TJ2ItlSIn Advance.
Elementary Department, or Se
cond Class,
First Class,
French Language,
Drawing and Pilintinjr,
Music on the Piano Forte ac
companied by the Voice,
Music on Guitar,
Use of Piano,
Incidentals,
S3 00 per session
lb uu
10 00
10 00
August I, 1840.
25 00
25 00
3 U0
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G. SPENCER.
75-tf
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LAND ! LAND ! LAND !
I
NOW offer for sale a very valuable farm on the
Eastern side of Cape Fear River in the countv
of Bladen, about 16 miles below the Town of Fay
etteville, and immediately on the River. There are
760 acres of land (river survey,) and 12 acres of
back land joining- the same. About 250 acres were
in cultivation the present year, and there are suitable
buildings for the convenience of the farm. Persons
are requested to examine the same before the crop
is housed, as they can then judge properly of its
production. It is unnecessary to say it is a first
rate farm, as all will be satisticd of "that fact when
they see it. Terms will be made to suit the conve
nience of the purchaser. JOHN T. GILMORE.
Fayetteville, Oct. 31, 1S40. 88-tf
Splendid Lotteries
D. S. GREGORY, & CO.
MANAGE R S.
40,000 DOLLARS
VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY,
Class A, for 1841.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday
February 6 th, 1841.
BRILLIANT SCHEME :
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$5,000
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Tickets only $10IIalves, $5 Qrs
Certificates of Packages of 26 whole tickets, 130
IJO do 26 hair do 65
Do do 26 Quarter do 32 50
of $1,500.
9
FORTY
Virginia Wellsfourgr Lottery,
Class By for 1841,
To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C, on Sat
urday, 13th February, 1841.
GRAND CAPITALS.
$35,295 $10,000
1 prize of fi.nnn
. 7
4,CO0
3,500
3,035
3.CO0
40 Prizes of $1,500
50 of $200
Tickets SI O Halves 5 Quarters 2 5(),
Certificates of packages of 25 whole tickets $130
do halt do 65
do 25 Quarter do 32 50
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Tlir Ohsprvpr will rnrtr
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FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. .
AN OFF on the 22d inst
Irom my residence on the
Cape Fear River, 8 miles above
Favefteville. my negro man A
PRILL. He is a little bright
complected, with thick bushy hair,
very bow-leased, when walking
rocks very much, and has a great
impediment in his speech, partic
ularly whn frightened. Said boy is about five feet
five or six inches high, and weighs about 145 lbs. ;
aed about 30 years. The above reward will be
nam lor his delivery to me at my residence, or for
confining him in any Jail so that I s;ct him again,
and all reasonable expenses paid. It is more than
probable lh:it he may make an attempt to go to IVlr
Arch'd. McArns, Robeson County, near Gilchrist's
bridg'1, who owns one of his brothers, whither he
has made the attempt to go heretofore.
HENRY R. KING.
October 31, 1840. 88-tf
MOUNTAIN BUTTER.
Firkins (assorted.) Some
vcrv superior, at prices from
5 to X6 cents per pound !
for sale by GEO. McNEILL.
Nov. 24, 1840.
STOVES & STOVE-PIPE
frjlHE Subscriber has on hand, and offers for sale,
1L the lanrest assortment ot MUVi-b ever be
lore tfl red in the State,
consisting of Box-Stoves,
Six, Seven and Nine Plat
ed Sfove., Biiiling, Baking
and Cooking Stoves, of the
most approved patterns,
CIiuxh Stoves, suitable
for Churches, Court and
sg School Houses, Manufac
tories, &c., assorted, from
18 to 36 inches in length.
ALSO, Pine and Fire
place Franklins, with an assortment of Stove-Pipe
and Elbows, together with a large and very general
assortment of JAPANNED and PLAIN TIN
wan at WHOLESALE and RETAIL, all of
which he will sell on the best terms.
iCTP'He still continues to manufacture every ar
ticle, m the COPPER. TIN and SHEET IRON
ware line, at the shortest notice.
JAMES MARTINE.
Fayetteville, Nov. 27, 1840. 92-3m
riirrrTj
LAFAYETTE HOTEL.
Fayetteville, Nortli Carolina.
THIS ESTABLISHMENT will be open after
the 1st of August, under the management
and direction of the 'Subscriber. The House has
been thoroushlv repaired, and will, in a few days
be well furnished; and every effort will be made to
render it worthy 01 patronage.
EDWARD YARBROUGH.
Jtwrusl 3. 1839. 23-tf "
;rJ3The Augusta Chronicle (weekly,) Raleigh
Register and Standard, Wilmington Advertiser,
Greensboroush Patriot, Salisbury Watchman, and
Cheraw Gazette will insert the above three months
and forward their accounts to the subscriber.
For Sale-
rBeing desirous of embarking in an
nther business, I now offer the establishment
of the Wilmington Advertiser for sale.
I do not know of a more eligible situation
fnr uersons desirous of embarking in th
nrintintr business, than Wilmington, North
.
Carolina.
Terms accomodating. Application post
paid.
Wilmington, N. C.
F. C. HILL.
96-tf.
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PRIZES OF
82000
VIRGINIA LEESBURG LOTTERY
Class B for 1S41
To be drawn at Alexandria, D. C. on Satur
day, February 20th, 1841. . .
GRAND CAPITALS
$30,000 $10,000
Prize of $6,000
n nnn
3,000
- - - 2,500
- - - 2,195
CtJ" TWENTY-EIVE FRIZES OF $2000.
Tickets $10 Halves $5 Quarters $2 50
Certificates ofpacka;es of 25 whole tickets S'30
do 25 half do 65
do 25 Quarter do 32
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FIVK prizes of $10,000 !
14 drawn numbers out of 75 ! !
VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY,
Class B, for 1S41,
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday
Febiuary 27, 1841.
10,000
10,000
- - 10,000
- - - 10,000
- - 10,000
2 of $5,000 $2,500 $2,120
25 Prizes of 81. OOO
20 of $500 20 of 40030 of 300
40 of 250
&c. &c. &o.
Tickets $10 Halves, $5 Quarters &2 50
Certificates ofpackages of 25 whole tickets, 8120
Do do 25 half do 60
Do do 25 Quarter do 30
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For Tickets and shares, and certificates of
Packages ia the above splendid Lotteries,
address
I). S- Gregory, & Co. Managers.
Washington City D. C.
Drawings sent immediately alter they are over
all who order as above.
From the Petersburg Statesaian.
Readings with a Pencil
Huet was so studious that his wife was ob
liged to drag him from his books to his dinner,
Thuanus studied seventeen hours a day for
seventy years that he might lose no time,
some one read to him while dressing or at
meals.
Cicero says of himself, that he occupied hi;
mind with literature and philosophy, at home
it ?.... i li
ana aDroaa, m city, ana in country, warning
or riding.
iriiny in a letter mentions that even in
bear-hunting he employed the intervals of th
chase in reading but this was contrary to
me ruie oi uoiug one ining at a time.
Gibbon, in his biography, mentions that
during the trial of Warren Hastings he en
quired of a reporter how many words a spea
ker uttered in an hour the answer was 7200.
At this rate, one talking two hours a day for
fifty years, would utter 63,000,000 of words
but some of our old ladies talk a great dea
more than two hours a day.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA .
Cumberland County y J
Court of Phas and Quarter Sessions, Dec
I Term, 1840.
Peter McCaskill, vs. the Heirs at Law of Roderick
McCaskill, de'd.
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Scire Facias.
Court
s at
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the C(
that Kenneth McCaskill. one of the Heir;
Law of RoderickMcCaskilL dee'd. is not an inbab
i rant of this State, It is therefore ordered that pub
lication be made in the North Carolinian for six
successive weeks, for said Kenneth McCaskill to
appear at the next Term of this Court, to be held
for the County of Cumberland, at the Court House
in fayetteville, on the first Monday in March next,
then and there to show cause, if anv ho can. whv
the lands of said Roderick McCaskill, dee'd., which
descended to him, should not be sold to satisfy the
Plaintiff's Judgment.
Witness, John McLaurin, Jr., Clerk of our said
Court, at office, in Fayettevidp, the first Monday in
uecemoer, a. U. IS40, and 65th year ot American
ndependence. JOHN McLAURIN. Jr., Clerk.
Jan. 2, 1841. 97-6t
our Government, and the interests of what
may be considered the unembodied militia of
the country. The Banking classes thejoint
stock capitalists the stockjobbing and spec
ulating tribes are the disciplined corps that
seek to resolve all government into the power
of the purse. By subjecting the Governments,
both State and National, under the yoke of
debts; and the people necessarily under the
yoke oftaxes, it follows that the credit system
gentry who become creditors by lending
their paper and credit in the -semblance of
money become in fact the masters of the
Government and the people. To these inter
ests, although once denounced by Mr Clay
as utterly repugnant to free Government, when
assuming a political aspect he has for years
devoted all his efforts to give the preponder-ence.-
Globe
Gardner and McKetliaii,
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
MAVE now on hand, and for Sale at very Re
duced Prices,
3 Carriages, 4 Barouches,
3 very light four wheel Buggies,
-2 Buggy Gigs,
4 Sulkeys on a new plan,
8 Spring Wagons, three very
light, - ,
4 Cham, do.
Persons wishing to buy, would do well to call
and examine their work, as they feel confident they
can make their work as well, and sell it as low as
it can be had from any legular jNorthern Establish
ment. r
All work made and sold by them is warranted 12
months, and will be repaired without charge, if
they fail by bad workmanship or materials.
Repairing neatly executed at short notice, and on
reasonaDle terms.
.Orders thankfully received, and promptly attend
ed to. -
Fayetteville, August 1, 1840. 56-tf.
Political.
ing,
ought
Mr Clay vs. the Bank of the United States.
Suppose an attempt to subvert the Govern
ment? Would, not the traitor first aim, by
force or corruption, to acquire the treasure
of this company. Mr Clay's speech against
the Bank of the J. S. in 1811.
T he hole context is full of instruction as
to present movements. Ve therefore give it:
eThe power of a nation is said (continued
Mr Clay) to consist in the sword and the
purse. Perhaps at last all power is resolvable
into that of the purse, for with it you may com
mand almost every thing else. The specie
circulation of the United States is estimated
by some calculators at $10,000,000; and if
it be no more, one moiety is in the vaults of
this Bank. May not the time arrive when
the concentration of such a vast portion of
circulating medium of the country in the hands
ot any corporation, will be dangerous to our
liberties? By whom is this immense power
wielded? By a body who, in derogation of
the great principle of all our institutions, re-
sponsiblity to the people, is amenable only to
a few stockholders, and they chiefly foreigners.
Suppose an attempt to subvert this Govern
ment would not the traitor first aim by
force or corruption to acquire the treasure of
this compa ny? Look at it in another aspect.
Seven-tenths of this capital are in the hands
of foreigners, and these foreigners chiefly
English subjects; but we are possibly on the
eve of a rupture with that nation. Should
such an event occur, do you apprehend that
the English Premier would experience any
difficulty in obtaining an entire control of this
institution? Republics above all other na
tions ought most studiously to guard against
foreign influence. All history proves that the
internal dissensions excited by foreign in
trigues have produced the. downfall of almost
every free Government that hashitheito exist
ed, and yet gentlemen contend that we are
benefited by the possession of this foreign
capital?"
What a contrast does this present with Mr
Clay's present course?
Mr Clay, when a democrat, relied upon the
honest, unbiassed feeling of the people for
support. He then denounced the National
Bank, and all the corrupt foreign influence
associated with it, as dangorous to the perma
nency of our free institutions. He then de
clared that all power is "resolvable into that
of the purse," and repelled it as threatening
the worst of despotisms in this country.
With this avowal recorded, so honestly and
proudly made when in the early days ofhis
untainted political virtue and patriotism, he
stood up for the rights of the multitude against
the corrupt influences of moneyed classes
with what a premeditated and openly admitted
abandonment of true Republican principles
does he appear the champion of every sordid,
selfish scheme, calculated to enlist the mer
cenary, and money-mongering, speculating
classes in his support. All his plans look to
the distribution aud treasure of spoils, to bind
them together as a standing army, to carry
measures in detail against the principles of
READ THIS.
We cannot pretend to say what the public
at large may think of it, but to our mind there
appears much in the subjoined article from
the Journal of Commerce, which deserves
deep consideration. It will probably be re
garded in many quarters as savouring of dan
gerous heterodoxy to say, after all the ingeni
ous legislative contrivances of this and other
countries have failed in "regulating" the mat
ter referred to after all the wisdom of the
doctors has proved unavailing, that the pro-
per course for accomplishing the desired end is
to leave things to regulate themselves that
the great mystery is "hands off," in order that
the immutable laws of trade may operate.
But still, after centuries of travail and suffer
ings, this has been found to be the all impor
tant secret, in ' , other respects, humiliating as
it may appear to human ingenuity, and there
are some at least, even of the present genera
tion, who are pretty well convinced that the
simple doctrine, in the application made of
it by the Journal of Commerce, is equally
true and would be completely efficacious.
Ihe paper in question, alter alluding to the
state of things in Mississippi and elsewhere,
and after remarking that with all our improv
ing and regulating and fixing, the whole mat
ter of currency has pretty nearly gone to noth-
adds:
" Every now and then a small Bank ex
plodes here and there, and is seen no more ;
and in many that do not explode, there are
sad tokens of unsoundness. lhrough the
whole country, south of Pennsylvania, there
is no such thing as constitutional money,
and no two States have a currency alike. It
seems to us that such a state of things
to teach men to let the currency alone. Ce
tainly it this is the best that legislation can
do, the matter had better be left to run wild
t Tom, Dick and Harry," cannot get up
worse state of things than now exists. We
cannot have confusion worse than this, and
now that the doctors have brought the patient
into such dreadful convulsions, let us send
them all home, and see if "the operations of
nature" will not yet save life. It will turn
out, when the truth is known, that more mo
ney has been lost by banks within the last ten
years, than the whole country would have
sold for when our fathers fought the battles of
independence; yet the fault is not in the banks,
nor their directors. The wide spread ruin
shows that the evil is not local nor particular,
but universal. It is in the system. We have
waged a great battle with the laws of trade,
and we haye been severely flogged for our
folly.
We have undertaken to regulate that-which
cannot be touched without mischief. Shall
we go on now to create a fourth National
Bank? The plan is frightful. It would only ,
be leaving to the next generation the confu
sion and revulsion which have owerthrown
this. All that is necessary is, that we should
be convinced of our folly and leave currency
to itself. It is the easiest thing- to manage in
all the departments of business. If Congress
will but make a bankrupt law, which shall
compel all banks and all men to pay their
debts or divide their effects, and then if Con
gress and the State Legislature will just let j
the whole matter alone, there will grow up of
itself the best currency in the world. What
we want is, to get rid of a system and of re
gulation, so that every man shall act for him
self and act freely. Then, whatever is wan
ted will be provided. If we want paper mo
ney accredited in all parts of the country, we
shall have it. Then, if a banker fails, he
will fall out of the ranks'. Our suspensions
grow out of the fact that our currency is man
aged by a great system. If one important
wheel breaks, the whole system stops. Let
currency become an individual matter, like
other business, and suspensions would be
impossible. When we become wise enough
to leave currency to take care of itself after
Congress has discharged its constitutional
duty of coining money and fixing the value
thereof, then we shall have the safest and
steadiest and every way the best currency,
which the imperfect state of this world will
admit."
"Coming events cast their shadows before."
WThen, during the late canvass for the presi
dency, the Democrats foretold that, in the
event of Harrison's election, Daniel Webster
would be the Secretary of State, the Southern
Whigs declared that Harrison was a Jefferso
nian Republican and would appoint neither
Webster, nor any other federalist to office.
This is what the whig orators and slang-whan-gers
told the people before the election in or
der to gull them into the support of a superan
nuated and imbecile old man for the hightest
station on earth- But no sooner is the elec
tion over than these same getlemen and edi
fcors, with the most perfect sangfroid in
form the same people that, Webster, the grrat 1
Massachusetts Federalist,, is to . receive the ?
first cabinet appointmeiitand that Critteuden, ;
the author of those ga bills in the Senate -which
were far more odious than the famous
sedition acts, the Ewing of Ohio, both like- t .
wise, old federalists of the deepest dye, will
have cabinet appointments V V I
It is needless to inform our readers that the
South has no sort of communion with Daniel f
Webster. He was a fierce and violent oppo
nent of the late War, and, it seems to us that,
the station for which ho has keen designated,
especially iu this critical juncture of our for
eign affairs, whennhe honor of the country is
at stake, is not safely to be trusted to one who,
in the late contest with Great Britain, took
open ground against his own co.uutry, and
who, but a few years ago, said that he would
not vote for a certain measure, of defence if
the enemy were at that time battering the walls
of the Capitai! Such i3 the man who is to
occupy the situation now so ably fillet! by Mr
Forsyth. '"
But not only on the War uestit-r, but on
every other important measure whicL has been
brought forward during Mr We' ea's public
life, he lias invariably pursued acourse in di
rect conflict with the principfca and iuterests -of
the South. He is a U. U. Bank man, an
nternal Improvement man of the most high-
toned order, a high protective Tariff man, to-
such an extent that he opposed the Comprom
ise Bill of Mr Clay, a Proclamation and Force
Bill man, and an opponent of the South on
the slave question, as all his votes in Congress
most clearly establish Indeed, so violently
is he opposed, to slavery that in 1338 he voted
n company with sonvc six or seven others in
the Senate against Kir Calhoun's resolutions
of that year, setting:' forth the Constitutional
rights ot the states anu me want oi power on
the part of the General Government to inter-
"ere with the subject of slavery in the states.
Such is the maja; whom Gen. Harrison has
made the leader of the coming administration
a man who jl proverbial for his extravagant
federalism. fiVarrenton Reporter.
y From the Baltimore Sun.
A' The Oregon Territory
It il a remarkable fct, in the political his
tory Of this country, that, for several years
past questions of the most imposing interest v
havabeen made to cive place to mere party
struggles for power. Unless thrown upon the
floor .of Congress by the very force of paity
influence, but few measures of importance
areconsidered beyond the committee rooms.
And, even if a bill is reported, and made the
ordef of the day at some specified time, it is
almost pertain to be viewed through the falso .
medium of party spirit, and either met with a
bold negative, or referred back to die where it ,
originated. Among other questions of para- -
mount interest, of which members of Con
gress haebeen shamefully ignorant, or culpa
bly negligent,, is that of the occupation of
OregonTerritory, by British subjects. The
tenure of permission, by which the Hudson's
Bay Company have for so many years held
possession of the vast territory on our Pacific
frontier,., is fast changing in the eyes of that ,
company, to be tenure of right, and let this
government extend, when- it will, the legiti
mate arm of authority beyond the Rocky
Mountains, and, our word for it, that authori
ty will not only be questioned, but resisted
and, resisted, too, under British sanction.
We have no faith in the British government.
Her history for the last two hundred years
proves her to be false to national honor,
whenever and wherever treaty can be broken
with any hope ot accumulating power. And
hebonduct in reference to the northeastern
boundary should convince every one in this
country that she is not to be trusted by this
nation. Already, by an act of Parliament,
passed in 1821, has a portion of British crimi
nal law been extended over the Territory of
Oregon, and over the vast regions east of the
Rocky Mountains, up to the very confines of
the States of Missouri and Arkansas. Mr
Linn, of Missouri, on the 8th of January,
while presenting this subject to the considera
tion of Congress, on the introduction of a
bill to authorize the adoption of measures for
the occupation and settlement of the territory,
said, that he had recently received a letter
from that quarter, in which it was stated, that
the Hudson's Bay Company were introduc
ing emigrants from .bngland, by the way ot
Cape Horn, and establishing them on farms;
and that they were erecting saw mills, and
were carrying on a brisk trade in lumber with
the Sandwich and other Islands that they
had erected seven forts, under the name of
"trading posts," and were rapidly extending
their trade and influence over the Indians,
almost to the exclusion of American citizens
and traders on both sides of the Rocky Moun
tains. And, it is a well known fact, to those
who have referred to the subject at all, that, for
years, such of our citizens as have been en
gaged in the fur trade in the neighborhood
and beyond the Rocky Mountains, have had
to encounter constant difficulties from tho
hostility of the natives, urged to violence
against them by the agents of this company.
The influence and power of the Hudsons
Bay Company over the vast extent of country
extending from Canada to the Pacific, and
south as far as California, s almost unlimited.
The whole of this immense territory is divi
ded off into sections, and companies of hun
ters and trappers assigned to each, who are
the creatures of the power that employs them.
Among these, at certain seasons, are pass
agents of a higher grade, who collect the furs
obtained by them, and leave the regular sup-
plv of provisions and clothes." These, again,
deliver the rich products of the chase or trap
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