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5J 4 !.i 1 "Ori any sum-not exceeding one hundred dollars sixty per cent; but any pestmaittr aKVrfjtose cfuce the mail is to arrive rega Jerjjbetween the hoars ofiiue o'clock at .-..nitjand five o'clock in the inoroing, may fce:allowcd seventy per cent. I on the first hundred dollars. ; l --V?- On any sum over and above, one Jiun dred dollars, and not exceeding ' four hun dred dollars, fifty per cent. ; On any sum over and above four hun dred dollars, but' not exceeding twenty-four hundrad.dollars, forty pci-Cjpnt.; ""nd on all sunn:. over twenty-louT hun dred dollars, fifteen percent. ?;- ' . On the amount of .postage on- letters and packages received at a distributing office lor . distribution, twelve --and one half per tent commission may be allowed; Every postmaster whose corapellsation shall not exceed five hundred dollars in one quarter, shall be allowed one cent on every free letter delivered out of his office, except such as are fcr . the postmaster, himself. But the special allowance now made . by law, to ' the . postmasters at New Orleans and Washington City, shall not otherwise be either increased or diminished: . - Each postmaster who shall be required to keep a register ol the arrival and depar ture of the mails, shall be. allowed ten cents for each monthly return which he makes to the Postmaster General; . Each postmaster , may he allowed . two mills ior the delivery irom ms omre to t subscriber of each newspaper not chargea blewith postage: Provided, .That to any postmaster of a distributing office at which the commissions, allowances, and emolu ments, since the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, have been insufficient to defray actual and necessarv expenses, and afford the postmas ter the annual compensation derived from commissions at the office before said thirty- first of March the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, allow quarterly, from the date aforesaid, out of the postages collected in any such office, an amount sufficient to sup ply such deficiency ; Provided further, That to any postmaster of a separating office whose commissions, allowances and emolu ments may be found insufficient to provide the extra .labor necessary to a prompt and efficient performance of the duties of sepa rating and despatching the mails passing through his office, the Postmaster-General may make such quarterly allowance out of the postages collected at . such office, as he may deem sufficient to com pensate such extra labor: Provided fur ther; That the commissions and allowances authorized by this act shall be subject to the provisions of the forty-first section of the act entitled "An act to roduce into one. the several acts establishing and regulating the Post-Office department;" And provided further, That the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, dispose of any quarterly returns of mails sent or received, which were made up previous to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty, preserving the accounts current, and all vouchers accom panying such accounts, and use such por tion of the proceeds thereof as may be ne cessary to defray the cost of separating and disposing of the same. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the commencement of the next fiscal quarter a(Writs passage. - ArmovED, June 22, 1854. Chap. LXII. An Act to authorize the Selec tion of School Districts in lieu . of the Six teenth Sections within the Twelve Miles .Square Reservation, State of Alabama. - Be it enacted by the Senate and House nf Rpnrpsofitatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the school commissioners of township six south, range one east, townships five and six south, range two east, and townships five and six south, range three-east, Hunts ville District, Alabama, be, and the Same are hereby, authorized to select, respective ly, by legal subdivisions, from any of the surveyed public lands, the quantity as near as may be, contained in the sixteenth sec tions of said townships, within the Twelve Miles Square Reservation; which selec tions, upon being approved by the Secre tary of the Interior, shall be holdenby the same tenure, and upon the same terms, for the support of schools in such townships, as the sections numbered sixteen, within the said reservations would have been, had not treaty stipulation made other disposi- xion mereoi. r Approved, 'June 22, 1854. . .1 i " Chap. LXVIII. An Act confirming certain Land Claims "in Louisiana, in the Bastrop Grant. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That such of the claims entered in the report dated thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, of the register and receiver at Monroe, Louisiana, as in their opinion ought to be confirmed, according to' the principles recognized in the act of Con gress of the third March, eighteen hundred and forty-one, pursuant to which the said report was made, be, and the same are hereby, confirmed for the extent and under the limitations referred to in the opinions of the said officers. ' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, 'That the confirmation by this act shall only bper n t as a relinquishmenton the part of the United States, and shall not affect the right of adverse claimants to the same lands, nor pre vent a judicial decision in regard to the 1 . T . . ,1 J . tlyrS Clan- same; ana upou uic icuuiuuu w iut -w oral Land-Office of a proper plat , of sur: vpv. dulv approved by the Snrveyor-Gen- Ami -ffir anv confirmation by this act, the shall fause a patent to. be issued, if satisfied that the same is confirm ed and surveyed according to the true intent rK;a ort'.-PWufod. That if in any case a Ul U1M I . . bv this act was not actuauy located prior to the third of March, eighteen d fiftv-one. no location of the same shall be made to the prejudice of any hut such floating claim- may Le located' on any public: lands in the Ouachita Distriet,.to which there may vbe Mrnti"fn or other valid claim, under such regulations as may be prescriD- -ed by ' the Commissioner, oi , . V Land-Ufhce. Approved, June 29, 1S31. Chap. LXIX. An Act to Reimburse to the Common Council of New York . City, Expen ditures made for the First Regiment of NeW Yorjc Volunteer - i t j ? V Be it .enacted by. the i Senate and House of Representatives of the United States4 :of America in ConressiissembledThat nhe Secretary of YfJ, in the-i setdernerit:;arid adjustment (under the. act ofCQOgress jof June'second, eighteen Imndrediincf ' -forty-eight,) of the claims of the common council of New York, for expenditures " made in organizing, transporting, clothingVanii sub sisting the first ' regiment' of Nevk Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Ward B. Burnett, prior to the' musteririsr "of said rresriment into the service of the United atates, snail be autnonzea ana requixeu iu t-i . i ,i i j ' J allow such of those.cjairay as may? ported by . satisfactory . vouchers,.: .showing that such expenditure, had-been fairly 'made and ;yas necessary and proper for -the ser vice, notwithstandinff that , such; .vouchers mav lie informal and defective for. want of particularity: Provided, Thai theY amount allowed shall not exceed three thousand six hundred - and seventy-two dollars . and ninety cents. " AprBovEBi. June 2d, 18-54 , : -'i Chav. LXX. An-Act to authorize the Issue of Registers to Vessels owned by the " Accessory Transit Company." ; ' - : - ' ! -: Be it enacted'bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United StateA of America in Congress assembled, mar ine Secretary of the Treasury "be, and, he is Tiprrhv.anthorized to cause registers to :be issued in the name of the President of, the "Accessory Transit Gompanv," ;incorpor- rated under a charter from the State .of. Nicaraorna. for the steamboats or i vessels owned by said company, and employed in the transportation ot merchandise ana pas sengers between the Atlantic - and ; Pacific norts of the United States? through or over the territory ot the btate atoresaia: rrovia- ed, That before the granting. ol ; a register for any steamboat or vessel owned. by-said company, to be employed a aforesaid, the Prpsidrnt ni said comnanv shalu swear or affirm that the said steamboat or vessel is owned by said company; that all the officers, and at least two-thirds, of Cie crew,.. -are citizens of the ' United States, or persons nnt tlifi subiects of anv foreiarn prince . or and directors of said comnanv are citizens of the United Ktntoc n,iA thnt twn ttiirds of the Stock of said company is owned by citizens of the United States; which oath or. animation shall.be deemed sufficient, without requir ing the oath or affirmation of any ;ther person interested or - concerned, in: said steamboat or vessel: And provided further, That a register issued under tins act shall continue in force one year and no longer, unless the president of the company afore said shall, within one year - from the date of the register, make anew oath or affir mation aforesaid, and the collector of the customs shall certify the date ot said renew ed oath or affirmation on the back of said register, which shall continue in t force for one vear from said date, and the oath or affirmation mav be so renewed and the in dorsement so made once in each and every year thereafter, and the register shall con-1 tinue m force accordingly. Sec 2 And be it further enacted A hat before ffrantinsr a re srister to any steamboat or vessel, owned by the company aforesaid j the president thereof shall, together with one or more sureties, to the satisiaction oi the collector of the customs, by whom, un der the direction of he Secretary of the Treasury, the register may be issued, be come bound to the United States in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, with condition that the steamboat or vessel shall be solely employed in the transportation of merchandise and passengers between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States as aforesaid : that the register shall be solely used for said steamboat or vessel; that it shall not be'sold, lent, or otherwise disposed of to any other company, person, or persons; and that in case such steam boat or vessel shall be sold, Iost, or other wise prevented from returning to the Uni ted States, the said register shall, within six months thereafter, if preserved, be re turned fo the collector of the customs who issued it or to. the register of the treasury for cancellation ; and on failure to comply with anv of the conditions aforesaid, a for feiture shall accrue to the United States of the entire penal sum named in said bond, to be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the outstanding register shall be null and void. Sm. 3. And be it further enacted, A hat whenever the officer to whom said register had been issued shall cease to be the presi dent of said company, any register wluch mav have been issued in his name shall be void, and a new register must be issued, m compliance with the provisions ot this act. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, inai before issuing any register as aforesaid, it hall be proved to the satisiaction ot ,the Secretary of the Treasury that the steam boat or vessel for which the register is to issue shall have been built and equipped wholly in the United States : and said teamboats and " vessels snail, in an .re- nects be subiect to the laws of the United States in the same manner as vessels built wholly and registered by American citizens. Appkoved, June xv, jloo-. ; Chap. LXXL An Act to enable the President of the United States to fulfil the tnirtl arucie of the Treaty between the'United States and the Mexican Republic, of the thirtieth De cember one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, as amended.by the senate of the Uni ted States. . . . :.. " . r Be it enacted bv the seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congsets assembled, A hat me sum of ten millions of dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise' ap propriated: to enable the President of the United States to iulnl the stipulation in ine third article of the treaty between the Uni ted States and the Mexican Republic, ; of the thirtieth of ; December,' one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, as subse Quentlv amended by the Senate of the Uni ted States ; of which said sum of tert mil lions of dollars, seven millions 'are. to be paid on the exchange of the ratifications of saiq treaty, ana trie remaining inrpe mil lions as soon as the . boundary line sliall.be suneyed," marked, arid established. -Apfxoved, June 2U, 185-1. D LUCIAN-J. EA-v""1EferTOBr 1 '';Tlios6rIoutubscjite'r8: in the city, vftl pleage'call at . the office, and . ge theyij persr uritil Sve can , makea rrangemeritsa,to have themdeliveredJTjaatheAabsence of our Devil we have to ask this small favor of -v '.; Great Deinand dtehv.di 1 The' Herald !s'in'gTeadeiJ,dch so that we are.scarcelyya Each week;qur issue. is , exhausted ,be fore, the next numberi is issued y:exy; Lmai brings us letters from all parts 'of--the coun try, asking to se a Niilf the "Herald, Mo knowthe tejroRs '.ot su!lij.t)', JXffioSHT: exchanges please notice-the r.terms oipur paper? - That will save! u the trouble o writing or sendingra paper to hundreds "who are applying to knpw ;pur ;' terhis llipse wanting our paper, .ave," only to $$nd..pnyi two dollars, arj4iiViviU:DjAttQ-.Uieix cfor- one year. ; Yi e expect to enlarge : m xne the worth of. vour money, and. accurate. knowledge of; the country;" i : . :'J 3.;: , ;Idaventorthm , t ; ; ; 'i The superior claims of Leavenworth in point of the eligibility '. of 1 ldcationV at once sirittes every, one yuo,uiites a view -u-lia situation. -Besides it is acentral pomtjin the very heart of the best portion of Jhe Kansas Territory. - The countiy'back-of it WiU 'Ad mit of u. very dense population, and oon its rich ana lerme lanas win oe prougni.inio a high state of cultivation. L, The ; trade of a large section of country must of necessity; trade at this point," because it- is - the most convenient and easy of access.1' Here wilf be the ' starting point of; traders tand emi- grants tor uaiiioraia, uian, ana new lvex icoV From the , Fort only tyvo mdes above here, good : roads are i now opened . to all these points, and thonsands every year pass over them.7 Sd'sdon ,thejv as accorninoda- tions can be furnished, at this place and cap- italists. come .- in as they assuredly will, with large outfitting goods, Leavenworth mus command a great portion of this trade. Bu siness men almost every day are coming here seeking '. a1: location. ' Inducements should be: held out to all such, - by the. pro prietors of the, town, and lots .or shares off ered or sold to memon liberal temis.-Hou ses should be built, for rerit,: so that persons among us, would not have to go else where for want of a place for . their families. , By so doing they would increase, the value of real estate, and realise good profits. If a' large Hotel vas buUt, on a mammbtH scaleV by a joint stock company, it would , besides paying well, do as much as every thing, else to buildup our town. We already-have a good Hotel, to which- large1 additions are making, and in the spring still greater' imV provements will be. made, , yet :the proprie tors will not.be enabled to do. any thing like half the business. Our town is going ahead its business must and will increase rapidly j and it becomes our property holders to do everything they can to' forward us" onward progress.: : ; ; ; Got. Reieder's. Reception at Xaw- '" ' irence. ", Z"'.'.Y.e!"..Xf-- "i The. Kansas JEntTywe.'cpnta and interesting report of Governor; Rxx-r! dexs reception at Xawrence (contributed by S, F. ;Tappan-Jr.)- frora !which it ap pears that His Excellency received, a Hear ty welcome there. , GenPomeroyinijie absence of Mayor oWrwon-uldressed lum cordially in behalf of the citizens assuring him amoag other things that he should have the defence of their hand and the good will of their hearts. 'T&GoYe&or's reply was impressive and eloquent ana ,iecei'eg en thusiastic applause. ..He1 afterwards,' with his friends partook of a pu blic dinner at ine j conclusion of which short and appropriate speeches were made and. sentiments 'given by Gov. Reeder Judges lreTandor son, Gen. Pomeroy, Riv; Messrs.: Xumand Ferril, Mrsi! W-' VYood; jviessrs.- jrirus, Mallory; Kmery, Pfatt,V:Hatthon Harrington, S. KWcodnd Lincoln. " a tt r-nxr TTnw:can d ' man be ! crrandfai ther and uncle to:W lather a.nd orotner-in-iaw io ma vvr . and also father-in-law and,.brptherrin?law to his son's wife? U'?ii--A-a - How can the children of' the-: father ,?by his last wife, be cousins and uncles -tci His son's children; aridaV the 1 me j timeT-be half brother' to the son and; the -Tson s vife De ineirvaum . '-i::':y.ii-1 ..The above state- rof relationship really exists not a hundred' milesf frorni this place i arid a solution'of the "query isrbcied 'William Richards one'of r ihi Mbrmon saints, lately! ifeGe2iszixLV&& ; twenty widows, " . THE. Spring,' and make; other' imprcrvementsV' Subscribth'en' for 'the"' Herald-if ' ypii 'want' Towrrof throne Kickapoo't sale of : Lotircouritry isnn Doniphcai-Fort Iv4rit?$rtA-and Lea- party make the bxmtrjrlor the benefit oFour "readers. W e arrived at Kickapoo, about 12 o'clock, and ; 1 U OnMdttdavllastw&riit with a ItQ visitlhe huliid&vaQ, and to i QpseTvati(5ns,tid vipun-"iipTrnation ot iiojmdjquiteraJarger nimdi?ex3eKMri8JcakUvudf tf 1 itpeakiBgppatpand lettingthes-laffiU over some oeaumui land, rich and fertile. The country as far as we couTd see, was rolling and occasional ly a Jicfie brWeS J pxerAirig3 plcfurlque lagjouiaicvie yeledf was about ejTght milesand a.prettie and;rnOTe .l9vey .coim Here Land mere . could beiseeri inrtheidis tEirice; beautiful: cldslers of tree, long grassy undulatitig' sjope'and lovely valleys.;vThe log cabin and the "tent of the suatter cpuld be seen mt,everry,il.irectiGn -At, times iwe could see . asmany as perhaps a dozen build lhss.while we were never but bfsight'of oriel No settler is" allbwed td" builol iriJ less tan aLhaU mjle ot anqtrier. si lf.jruie.., inva riably observed j-ani it seemed, to tis that;in manyiristances.it would require exact mea sUrenVent to Ascertain rwHetfief'y6r not some pe'jhad" not 4ncf oa,ched ujypix )$$ neighb'o?. This will cause some dnacuity in, .the settle ment pf the'c6untryi':'..-' - r co -- U tl -i i v: The 'country 'pver which we passed is beaudfaftr 1 interspersed . yrathimrerl and prairie;. ;we crossedwo Qlree streams .of running! water, where we. noticed tchtk, , was generally of lime stone, springs make their'-! appearence"' all along; tlie route,' the tmiber 'is "not generally larexve2, noticed tiieoak linn, elm, hackberry and persimrnori.' On the Missouri1 River at Kickapoo, is a; fine bodyo of' timber. -Tne.' towq coiii mencesin tlie bdltomy pa a-.strip about .a quarter'of a mile wide. ' 'At the upper end of the town the. bluffs recede: from the river, leaving the; bottom in. the shape . some what of a half mbon. r : The town runs back On the high" lands.y " A rayirie' passing', tlircu'gh the centrepf the town i 'tract, 'affords an easy ,ac-' cess to the river, one or . two fine springs rnaking their appearance along this ravine. Some11 energetic feincss men liave taken hold of this place," Who' wiU ' contrihute greatly towards building, the town-cA, brisk and spirited: sale of lots,took place- on. the premises, The lots generally brought irom thirty:to seventy,' eighty1 arid oi3e hundred dollars eacli, arid one or two we think were as.high. as SllOJf We understood there weise some forty or fifty lots .sold. t i:; The upper? part of the. town has been an old settlement-. As long ago as thirty years,: the Catholics estabished' Mission at ' that place, on .the manual; labor. system,. but as the Indians were not; fond.of -work, they finally abandoned it to a great extent, and removed further back.. An old log building two stories high , part of the "Mission build ings is still standing, and haibeen fitted up fora - Hotel, which is. kept by.Mr.;Hayes. In one -room of the up stairs, we found a pririting office," all in'good order,r materials entirely new witht good Boirigeois.and Miu iori type, to print a paper called the.'.'Kan- Pioneer,,,r.' byi Sexton J and AAazzard. They will have but'- a paper in' about two weeks ' : Mn;-Sexton'snowed us some; very fair specimens of i bituminoits. coal obtained on Plum . creek,, about two 'miles , distant from Kickap'od. We heard of : mines of coal oil the Delaware lands, not far from T.pWpnwortK. that is said , to yield abun: -r-r-.-. : ...... .-.a . .. --. . : ' Vvl . : : Atchison is the name of another town, re cently laid off on the Missouri River, about twenty miles by ' the meandering : course- of the -river, above Kickapoo. At the sale of lots which "recenUy'toolc place there, .they averaged about" nmetydoliars.- Six. miles above this, is another town.; called Doni- phanfat 'the muoth'df Indeperidence creek. A sale of lots will not take .place tnefre we learn, before next spring, j . it has very nav tering prospects. . . - ,. y.-'-.wT liate in the , Afternoon : we ; Sverided , out way back j" company with J udge - Flerii ken, and Mr." Phelarr two PeWylyania gentlemen j' arid popped dt ;Che prtV short time . This Fort was' iocated:1in an early day, and the Government, has determined rie ver -; to ' aljaridori it But for this it might mjke a; 'ea'cityIt;!? $ high eniirierice," th;;ajgpdimstope of three . or rtoUr hundred yards from theiivef , affording a -commanding view of the i sur rounding - couhtryTT Which - is unsurpassed for 'fertifity of soil arid'; beauty of ; scenery,- Twomales- bejovyon me same range o mus isLeavenworth.; The location :is; fully, as ffood as the Fort, for a city. i ; With -arock bound snore,-grauuar anu-ueo.ui.iiiu u-axv fr-'the;iverv high aridelevateoi; table land . sufficiently undulating to . make, it beautiful, enworthis dest!n.ed at nodis-. tant day to.Pe agreat uity.? ? ,-:m : "'iWe Tmblis'H to dayihe.rd'.of John; fnaocntly; irfLpityfe itha,.- practisihgnis protession ana-aoingia en- tiko Tfonturkv nress bestowed upon-nini XLt: H. has: the reputation of being sc -Iwranablespeaker and 'a high-toned, eouimftmariv qttainuicc is iuiiiw:tf . r?-v ; -v A tni'tVA I familiar' 'irttri ID elate ar c JL atuls, A memorial to the President of the Uni teteSradiedi b.aieetingJ Jeav enrorjlij -or:Ke 21st:Cof cto&jpj the stfjuporijbeiWajaUs, te) rS in rrcuii We we4 know that Aney feel a deejrand abidmg in terest in the subject. It is time the settlers speculators, who are encouraging the In- dXan.sjoactsoX.d.epre.dations, they know their own rights, and knowing dare maintain them--that they are law iabiriingitw the Hj.ored-ansj.. f1 T It would have been far better, foi the In dian,:die sdttler'and governtsent,! that a fixed price sEoulf :haye: : hefen r Sced upbn aU.thVlands'.S:i ted,-and the' sa)ej,uy;i.far. shojt-,pf what uie.whole lands would bring if subjeet.to pre-erription.:r. The- couritiy.;;fhenT would have' ljeen settled tetjenf ptaneii'as grodif juptlbetter jices, and thus:the; policyi of .the, gpvernment .hitheitb pursued,; would have - been carried ' 'out to the interest and benefit of all parties: But " .. . . ... . --.'.?: -JIVr.-AV,;- as lt.is in some.Qir tne treatiesv ana sin -ine Jpelaware treaty; picularly, the lands, a re to beaald: to the-nighest bidder J and is- therd ariy assurance-it will bring mote" -than 'the minnnum price oi xne t governmem laiiua: Aaere will pea large portion, mat. win, not be rspldi.atu least, i fbr.: years.; . Why;! then sh'odld noOthe government ;pay; a fair -price for these lands, and let the squatter-have it at ,the customary price?; 'The - government noes noi wuiii iu &ucuuiu.tc ucitucx suuiuu it permit speculators; to. comp in and prevent thetsettling of the country ? : ' The 'goverriment first held i"oiit ? induce nicntsr to the people to- settle'this country, ejse why organise, the. Territory; at allj arid after they; have made the lands valuable . by settling on or- around ) it, : is ; it - right tjiat thbse'who have led the van guard of settlfe- irierits arid' opened " the1;' way;- for"; pthers. should come in competition with the . shy- locks, at the land sales?-: Justice and sound policy require ri change in; the -Delaware treatvl so the settlers on the Delaware lands can maKe tneirpre-empiiuua, . as uiuci?. No 'one can be injured by;; it, . the . govern ment will get one dollar and: a quarter an acre, and it can" afford to pay the Indians what they have hitherto asked, which is less than this price.' ,. .; 'r ... u t :The government has ever , beeri charac terised by a wise -and liberal policy towards the settlers upon the- public -iarids," by ex tinguishing Indian titles, -by ' encouraging settlements, by graduating th. price of the public larids. We cannot now' believe . die government intends to change its policy in this respect and usurp a species of tyran ny upon the . poor squatter, by expelling him from.any .of the public domain, where, the Indian title has been extinguished or., trea ties made for that purpose. : There are other reasons why this Dela ware treaty should be changed. '"The. 16th and 36th sections which have been hereto fore given for school.-pur poses, are to .be sold as other lands, and the people j cut out from all benefits of d school fund "arising froin this source. V ThelpoUcy. of ;; the ' gov errirnent has'always been to 'encourage and foster the cause of Education, for : upon the virhie and intelligence of the people-rests the permanency, of our American- Institu tions. ' The settlers 'wili W. protected, ..the treaty ; must be changed, and equal justice done. tod' large.;and meritorious classy of pioneer settlers.- -Werask the press every where, to notice this subject, and call .the attention of the; Prdsident and Cgress to the subject. :" ;yiri s-iZi:-'.' . -''" " ' - T- '-W i ' A .Goon Hikt;-A sagacious statesman in advocating some publio imprcvement; o'nce;saidi .'"If J&d&i?? lt??&7 loved, yd'u must iriakB $i?T&y ? y . ; I ' Let oarircitizens take -this t genue.,n and ; at once go to work improving and rautifying ourplri6 laywhe'fo? much depends. upon', the. cpmrneemenUrr Public squares and public avenues should be left for: the; risie jof thei; city; and aWe'the;fj)r?est treos should .permU ted! tp stand and shade .treeY be .. planted- ; What vpuldVbe mpre inviting : andv.attsac-; trve in a sultry summer's idayr- than i to see tall trees, othe,. forest and . the locust, with its wide' spread bncliesaiV'tngh a city,1 faising jtheir gigantip .heads as., mopu inents A the good taste of the ifpundeis -of that place. TreeS-"giye''a3 freshness and. t . '1 . 1; i'l. - Ui L 'lv ' " m'Wi co' ' rs n .' but with them,,. the. jnonotony of ,"PM' brick" and mortar" is broken , and a pleasing variety is ;giveri: tof every thing around.- There are1 a'rnumber1 of tree . now stand-. ms inourity; ap4mt?Kfif permitted' toremainvThe cially: should ibeJpreserved,'; asr -abovel all: pnee? if nwillf stand' 'a;' aoriunieritt'tb! tell 'thaVMd"i') pef puDiisaein f-o-y ff vys rit"z i .Uioii&&rJP. v jouiwiers tqt . pur; r.' ";-r! ;"' , T rjicJ8o'i :f WashiGto October'27i ' ; til Deccruber 1st. circulation tor; oriamin nr siernauares;ii hdneery- sfettleJrli Isiaii- it iadeed'v DeaulV IO - iitivc iuaw uvjuj-u-ig vi , .T" r , A town'or city" without trees ;' looks barren, es OI; 2Secreticry' GutHHe has nietthafi acci- :- ::- Survcpor General. We had aVfewya since the. pleasure Loraking th a-cointance of our accom-- iplishfei Survelo: general, John Calhoun iljWe aroeit from him "mat a base Uhe kll be;eskiuiiied on the 40th parallel Of; latijde tlu (alllThis will answer the double pupose of ascertainins: the boundary between Kansas and Nebraska and fixinjT basso operations- for - sarf eying.-This line will be runnjtmared byW? Jphnsori' practical surveyor. VVe have knovvnJVIrJ for some years ''arid know hrintd be eminently quali--fiedcr&HH&e duty assigned -hknr- His party lefWVXcawiwprth some: days since .for the cane of their Jabor. ;? : Therwillbe a meeting of the Delaware Squatters at Leavenworth on Saturday nex ( 1 1th fnsti yfor the purpose of . adopting a Constitution and By o'liaws" for-the; govern--ment of the Delaware Association. . Afull attendanGe is important. - ' . ; : ;. -; '- The -Albany "Argus says: The . New York Xiiprine knows that Congress, has no more legislated Slavery into" Kansas or Nebraska, than it "has legislated Slavery iri--to N.ew'York pX.Vermont. . 1 ." 1 : To which the Syracuse Chronicle repliesi" i Clearly, nbu . .When a farnier ozders the': fence' taken down between his hog yard and. his field of corn, he does not. order the' hogs into' the corn--Oh, no! - " ; ' : t.? But-be;cause the fence is let down, and afl'are perriiitted to enter into. Uncle Sam's farm -upon-equal teians, such papers as the SyracusaIJoumalr" raLiatheT;hue . arid cry of opposition. Why?.-' Because thev wan: to enjoy the e"xdusiveprivilegesor::.o ru ture theirrselves and would keep out nil ors ers but thpseof their pvvn kithand kin." We say this is a free . country, and under the Kansas Bil, ; every : man has equal rights and equal privileges, and is entitled to the protection of his1 person and property of every species." - " ; : - vv October 20!A, 1S&1. . Editor IO-sas Hxkald.: ' V Sirt will you please publish the following resolutions, - which were unanimously passed at a mass Meet ing of the citizens of Big Blue River, Kan sas Territory, on the 13th irist., and oblige yours, Sc.:: ' ' " ' ; : ;;' iMsotvel That the' Kansas Valley; being one vasbeautiful plain, with a, sufii- ciency of timber and. good stone for build ing purposes," and stretching off, as if does, in an almost westerly direction from the center of the Mississippi valley, to the great pass 'in the. Rocky Mountains,' is destined to be one of the grand connecting raiI-roa4 links,' which must ultimately unite the east arid west together ; and that our Represen tative when sent to' Congress', should spare no pains to secure, if possible, the passage of the. Great Pacific- Rail-way through this valley.v;;ii i . : ;' 2d. Resolved. That National and Terri torial iriterest demands the' speedy improve ment .of the-Kansas River; and that ;?we will not sapport any man for Congress, who will riot . pledge himself to use every exer-r tibfa possiblei to procure an immediate ap propriation for the same. v - . '" 3d. Resolved, A hat aimougnit nas al most become customary to make temporary seats'-of Government for Territories and expend the General Government building appropriation, in ; them, still we can see no propriety in adhering to this impolitic custom in Kansas, when.the Commercial, Natural arid .Geographical center must cerT tomly;be:..ori. the Karisas' River, near the moutTi of the Big'Bliie, or at the .farthest west at;Fort Riley. - v - -. .i4th. toorc?, 'That we are deeply inter ested in building up a commercial point,, somewhere in this' vicinity, which appears to be the .'natural terinirius fpr good Steam, Boat navigation on the Kansas, which will aid'' the erriigraht - to shorten . his arduous journey " to: N'ew' "Mexico1, Utah; CaKfornia . and .Oregon.' r ... , ; ' "r o; 5tfc: Resolved, r That the citizens of Kan sasare iiot only; capkble of constitutional VelK'eWt-hat-Aey are entitled tp.a'pqefe'y Psts of f an'honpxar.thatwe. protest against the common practice cfappeinting officers re -feidiii"- out of the Territory; as such .practice s frequently; .attended 'wilh unnecessary elavsV mcorrect action out of indifference, and that it is-at war 'witn. the grand - idea oi self government..;; ; -; i ,f ir ; ; ; i . - 6th Resolved, That the general wenare j KkrisaVJ!demarids! the immediate survey of her lauds'; arid ' that we are dicidedly in favor of haying the .work done by our own citizens aridorompleted this .odmmg winter,; as far west os Fort Riley.:: , " Secretary sign'theprpceedings meet ing andforward a copy of the sarrie to; the Karisas Herald, MissouriHepublican, Com. mercial CypIeV Weston-lieporter ; ana re quest rich;" oiiier 'ournala in Kansas "knd 3Kssoari aiare Ineridly to " copy the'same. tS. iD HotJsxoKs Secy;:f ! 1- T'binftux of emigrants for the last two days hasbeen quite extraordinary, bfeing no less than nine thoiisa rid three hundred and frirty-fcu&pCY. 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