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From the Boston Atlas.
THE PILGRIM FESTIVAL.
The 225th anniversary of i he Landing of
the Pilgrims, was celebrated at Plymouth,
under (he direction of (he Pilgrim Society,
on the arrival of the (rains from Boston, the
member of (he Society and its guests as
sembled in the Court House, Judge Warren
presiding. The procession formed under
the direction ot S. O. ftickerson, Esq. Chief
Marshal, and repaired to the Unitarian
Church ; where the following original ode,
written by Hon. Judge Davis, was sung:
Sons ofrenoweeJ Sires,
Join in harmonious choir,
Swell your loud tongs;
Daughters of peerless dames,
Come with your mild acclaims,
Let their revered names
Dwell on your tongs?.
From frowning Albion's seat,
See the famed band retreat,
Oa ocean tost j
Her white cliffs seen no more,
Blue tumbling billows roar,
And bear them to this shore,
Fettered with frost.
By yon wave-beaten Rock
See the illustrious flock
Collected stand ;
To seek some sheltering grove,
Their faithful partners move,
Dear pledges cf their love
In either hand.
Not winter's sullen face,
Not the fierce tawov race,
In arms ar.ayed ;
Not hunger shook their faith,
Not pcs'ileminl breath,
Nor Carver's early death,
Theii soulj dismayed.
Wa:crfj by heavenly dew,
The Germ (J Empire grew,
Freedom its root :
From the cold northern pine,
Far towered the burning line,
Spread the luxuriant vine,
Bending with fruit.
Columbia, child of Heuvcn,
The. best of blessings given,
Be thine to greet :
Hailing this votive day,
Looking with fund survey
Upon the weary way
Of Pilgrim feet.
Here trace the moss grown stones,
' Where rest their mouldering bones,
. Again to rise ;
And let thy sons be led,
To emulate the dead,
'While o'er lueir tombs they tread,
With grateful eyes.
Sons cf renowned Sires,
Join in harmonious chotr,
Swell your loud songs j
Daughters of peerless dame,
Come with your mild acclaim?,
Let their revered natnes
Dwell on your tongues. - -
The Chrokf-p Temperance SnciHv Iihs
CTer 3009 members.
The following letter was road at the
Pilgrim's Festival named in the pre
ceding column. We have not room
for a sketch of the w hole proceedings,
but learn the were highly entertain
ing.
From the Boston Courier.
Washington, Dec. 17, 1845.
Mv Dear Sir. Until to-day I had not
given tip all hope of being at Plymouth
on the 22 1. But the stale of some impor
tant question in the b.-nate, in regard to
which, if I can do nothing more, I wish
to record my vote, confines me to my
place.
I am happy to learn that so many gen
tlemen from New-York will be with you:
come up to the Rock to lay claim to kin
dred blood, and to unite in commemora
ting the memory, and the virtue-", of the
Fathers.
7l was on tliothird day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand six
hundred and nine, that a small vessel,
which for five or six months had been
tossed upon tho ocean, sometimes on the
coast of NovaZembla and along the fix
ed ices of the Northern sea, and some
times as far South as the Chesapeake, at
last made her way within the protection
of the land, and let go her anchor, to
take hold of a bottom, to which nothing
that floated on (ho sea had ever before
been moored.
She showed a small and tattered flag,
bearing a modest Crescent. She herself
was called the "Half Moon.'" Tho man
who (red her little deck, with the author
ity of master, was Henry Hudson. She
was now riding inside of Sandy Hook,
and her little Crescent, dimmed by time
and weather, was displayed over what is
now the outer harbor of New-York.
Here, was the origin ofNew.York.
Henry Hudson was a man whose en
terprising character, active life, and la
mentable end, render him one of the
most interesting personages in our early
American annals: but he little thought
what he had done, either for himself, or
for posterity, when he brought civiliza
tion to (he mouth of tho river which now
bears his name- According to the fan
cies of those times, he was seeking a
passage to India; and, like others was,
no doubt disappointed, to find that he
had run against a continent.
When he looked over the bay, and in
to the river, and upon the high mountains,
and unbroken wilderness, which presen
ted themselves, what a country was be
fore him ! But it was a country, the
extent or importance of which he did not
at all comprehend. Disappointed in ii is
hopes of getting to India, by this route,
he was thinking of fishing, furs, and
the profits of trade with the Indians;
not of large and permanent settlements
not of the transfer, from Europe, of polit
ical power, in time to come, and of ulti
mate empire. And what n future, what
a history to come, was before that coun
try, the first step in the settlement ol
which he had then taken !
That future, however, was not dis
cerned ; that history to come had not dis
displayed itself, even faintly and dimly,
to the most sagacious minds of the age.
The early voyagers to this continent, ad
venturous and enterprising as they were
yet looked principally to the finding of
mines of gold, and to making sudden uc
quisitions of wealth. The real and true
importance of the discovery and settle
ment of North America, hardly appears
to have been perceived by any. It lay
in the future, and was concealed from
sight.
Bacon was doubtless the most pro
found and universal genius of the age,
and he wiote an essay on ''Plantations;"
but all his views were limi ed and nar
row. He not only did not comprehend
the forco of such motives as those which
brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth, but he
seems never to have imagined that polit
ical rule, authority and power could
spring up on this Continent ev n in
those "next ages" to which in his will,
ho so pathetically leaves his "name and
memory
It did not occur to him, nor to any of;
his cotemporarics, to exclaim to his
country
"In other realms,anothcr England see.
And what thou art, America shall be!"
The commerce of New-York did
not
j shoot rapidly forward at first, nor make I
- ereat progress, in earlv times. For sev-
great progress, in early times. For sev
erai years, it only exhibited a respecta
blo invoice of otter skins and beaver
skins. And at the end of a century it
was thought to be hi'h praiso that "the
cily contained eight hundred houses, the
very meanest worth a hundred pounds;
Si m ,-f St 1 fl'i'A cVliVn ftiA St .t i .ti .'
who had settled on him a hundred pound, .
a year.1' The high destinies of New-lfl3
York were then still in the future. j
It would exceed the necessary limits
of this loiter, to alude to all tho events,
l.rot,i hL. i. i. '
; which New-York owes her present great- j P'Rn 10 mi"e 500 lbs. per day, with one
j tiess, and future prospects Two may machine and one man, after the rods are
j be mentioned: and first and chiefly, the prepared; and those rods will cost no
. establishment of tho present Genera m., lhnn ....
j Government. Never within her broad I m0re lhnn ,he rods he uso?- 1 l,elieve l00'
borders wus there acted a scene of so ! lhi,t '"jr '"practical purposes, the nails
j much (rue grandeur and importance, of m iJe ns I would suggest, will be as val
! so much moral sublimity, a when on ul,b!e as the others. Provided my sunro
the spot which Hudson had found a wil- ' y
dorne. filled with fierce savane,. the :
Constitution of the United Stales was
first put into operation, nnd G.c
.orgo
Washington inaugurated, amidst onthti
sialic acclamations, as the first Chief
Executive Magistrate of the great Amer
ican Republic. Now-York had surren
dered her noble bav and rivers to the
usoaof a common commerce. Vicit ce
(lend. By that verv act, sho placed
herself at the head of that common com
merce. No acquisition, within her
power, or within her thoughts, could
have oeen so uselul to her. aB this proht
able relinquishment, this gainful and
glorious surrender of important rights,
clearly and exclusively her own.
The other great event was the con
struction of the canal, which has carried
the ocean up to the lakes, and brought
the lakes down to the sea ; followed, as
it has been, by other magnificent works
of public utility. Ever honored be tho
names ot Morris, and Llinton, and of
those who so readily embraced their con
ceptions and aided their designs, Van
Rensselaer, De Witt, North, Eddy and
I'orter !
It is to the honor of our old Bay State
that she gave early and decisive proof of
her favor and support to this stupendous
project of New-York enterprise. Then,
as now, she regarded the prosperity and
the high commercial prospects of her
neighbor, not with jealously, but with
sympathetic hope and joy. Then, as now,
she could say, in the language of the de
lighted ahepherd tn Virgil,
"Non equidem incideo, miror magis."
in ion, uq vvitt bunion, then a
member of the Legislature, Introduced
"a BUI to provide for the Internal Im
provement of the Stala." It bore this
admirable preamble : .
"Whereas, a communication, by means
of a Canal Navigation, between the Great
Lakes and Hudson's River, wVl encour
age Agriculture, promote Commerce and
Manufactures, facilitate a free and sener
al intercourse between different parts of
lite Country, ana consolidate and strength
en the UNION."
The Act authorized tho Commission
ers to apply to Congress, and to the oth
er States for co-operation in this great
work, and the commissioners reported,
that i'Massachuse'.ls, in language charac
teristic of the impartial and dignified
wisdom of conscious greatness, had in
structed her Representatives to use their
influence in favor of the application of
lew xorK. '
So may it always be ! May there
never be any contention between these
States, but a competition ol generosity,
or a struggle for eminence, in objects of
common utility !
It is time, my dear sir, to bring this
letter to a close. I propose as a tosat.
The CRESCENT of New-York
May it go on to fill its orb, and from that
orb may there always proceed rays of
Intelligence and morals, Religion and
Liberty !
I remain, with most true regard.
Yours, &c. DANIEL WEBSTER.
To. Hon. Chas II. Warren.
From the Vermont Jouinul.
Middletown, Vt Dec. 23, 1845
Mr Editor : Having something of
considerable importance, (i. e., as far as
Yankee Notions nre concerned.) I hasten
to give you something of an idea of a Ma
chine that has been invented by a gentle
man of this place. Many thousands of
dollars have been expended in trying to
construct a Machine to make wrought iron
nails, but to no purpose till now.
The machine was invented by Mr A.
W. Gray, who, before has aitonished the
public by bis ingenious inventions. The
weight of it is about half a ton, and the
height, to suit the convenience of the work
man. One man will make one hundred
pounds of nails a day or ten pounds an
hour 55 nails to the pound with only
one horse po.ver to the Machine. The
nails nre similar to the cut nail and are
much smoother, they being polished in
another machine after cooling. They are
said to be much tougher than those made
by the hammer, being very hot while
drawing out and rolled. A patent is ex
pected from Washington in n few davs by
J r Gri'' "? .h" alr?ady ben ofow
fifteen thousaud dollars for half of it.whicb
he considers a small offer for a machine
that wil! supply the world with aa article
thut has before been very slow in its con
struction and so costly. A more minute
t.,oi. r'.tyl'.nw. 1. 1 . I L
icH de em mSary
. :.u ... . tr-aury
to occupy with such a matter, although it
is worth a thorough examination by eve
ery one. Yours iruly,
Viator .
The foregoing is no doubt a
great
in-
vention, and must be a vast improvement
0n th" fasbl0n f malln Wrou8ht nal,s ,n
way- I' rather occuro to me.
however, that if Mr Gray has been offered
815.000, for one half of the invention, be
i A l , , , .. c T n i- e
,1;,tl better take it. for I can tell h.m of a
8Ulon iv,r UJ ' 'hat
the manufacturer on his plan cannot com
pete with the other. Ed. Voice.
Corre
MEW HOTEL.BRIDUE.RAILHOAD.&C.
Uateract House. Niaeara Falls, i
r...J.. .o"t ,n7. '
yjQwutr, tot, joio.
Mr Editor
few davs
viewing the
aininmg the localities for the purpose of
calculating its capability ot becoming an
extensive town. , The sublimity and
grandeur which surmounts it are already
sufficiently known.
About a mile and a half below the vil-
lage, the "Niagara Falls Ferry Associa
tion are constructing an avenue down
the bank, similar to Buell avenue: thev
have about 60 men at work. Thev are
also building a 8U tin ferry boat, similar to
mo iiew iortt lerry Doats, which will be
about 100 feet long, to be handsomely fur-
nished with saloons, cabins, &c, to cost
about $ 10,000. They calculate the prof,
its of the ferry will be more than the cost
of the road and steamboat in two years.
The boat will commence running the first
of May next.
1 he road will be finished about the first
of Djcember. The Ferry Association
own about 200 acres of land at the head
of the road, which is to be laid out for
building lots, &c. Arrangements are al
so being made for constructing one of the
largest hotels fif not the larsesrt in the
United S ates, near the head of the avenue.
to be in the form of a hollow square, 200
feet front each way, with porticos 100 feet
long, in the centre of the two principal
fronts the building to extend back 60
feet, and a range of galleries about 500
feet long extending around the inner side
the dining room to be 50 feet wide and
140 long, calculated to dine 800 persons.
It is estimated to cost $35,000 for the
main building and 815,000 for furnishing.
About four acres of land have been desig
nated for its location, and the foundation
is already marked out. It is also in
contemplation to ex:end a canal from
a point near Schlosser to this place,
so that steamboats can run from Buffalo
directly to the hotel aad ferry.
The caual wil! also furnish water pow
er to any extent required. Several plans
have been suggested for crossing the Ni
agara river by means of a bridge. It has
been found upon actual measurement that
the narrowest and most feasible point is
Bellevue Springs, a few rodi- below the
ferry avenue. This distance between the
tops of the banks has been found to be 700
feet, nnd the water way about 340 feet,
just below the whirlpool, a point which
has been considered feasible; the distance
between the banks is 850 feet. A wire
suspension bridge across nt the springs, it
has been estimated will cost 8200,000.
Should the railroad from Rochester, to
Lockport be built, (and by the way, Roch
ester should look to that,) and "also the
Great Western railroad through Canada,
from Detroit to Hamilton and the Niaga
ra river, forming a continuous line of rail
roads from Boston to trie great west, the
bridge will be of great importance for
crossing at this point. You will thus see
that this is destined to become something
of a place. Spouking of railroads, is it
not decidedly for the interest of Rochester
to immediately do something to aid in corn
strucling the road from their place to Lock
port and the falls, so that by laying down
an edge rail, they will be "enabled to run
from Rochester to the Falls in two hours,
and thereby connect with one of the great
est western thoroughfares, the Canada
road. Whieh, if not done, BofTalo, by
connecting with New York and Erie
railroad, nnd the Canada travel by going
directly from Hamilton to Oswego and
uguensourgn, win leave Rochester entire
ly in the back ground cut on both sides.
It behooves Rochester, therefore to be
stirring. Youts, B. M. J.
The Noble Negro. There was
once a vessel sailing on the ocean, in
which there was a colored man with two
little boys in his care. They were sons
of the captain, who was then on board
another ship. The wind blew verv hard,
and raised such a tempest that the" vessel
was oroKen in pieces. The sailors got in
to a boat to save their lives. The black
man put the children in the boat, and was
going to get in himself, but the sailors told
him, that if he nnd the children all came
in, the boat would sink. He did not take
out the children that he might save his
own life, but stepped back into the sinkinir
ship and said, "Give my respects to my
"""""I v.i" nun jl uin sorry ior an
my faults." The captain received his
children safe, but he ill never see the
generous man who trave ud his life to
save theirs . Moore.
IFORUOT.'
Napoleon said there should be no such
word ns 'impossible,' believing, and iustlv
too, that to the intrepid, willing and reso-
lute spirit, tne range ot the nos3ib e ex-
tends much farther than the world, in its
indolence and fuint-heartedness, is apt to
suppose: and one might wish that the
phrase " 1 forgot" were also blol'ed from
the vocabulary of human excuses, as be
ing, in truth, no excuse nt nil, but rather
an ngsrnvation of the errors which may
thus have been committed. Forgot I"
why this is worse, a great deal, than the
mere non performance of the conlract.what.
ever it may have been, by which vou were
oouno, ior u is a nroaa contessiou thai ihe
person and the pro'iiiec made to that per
son, were not ol sufficient importance to
remain in memory, and were dismissed
from thought i;h the occasion. It is
I have been rusticatim a ' " T ' i " " - . ' uu" "ol l? ,urSc
at ihe falls, amusing myself "' "r. FroPerly excercised and regula'ed,
:enerv.and particularly ex. I... ! 8 . . - l 0,vn!r "as 10 l 0
- M lt ,
i - , abUl y0U' wh"n Y0" ar 0Ul f
.inrril a...- I at - . j t.
7 ?. ' "J '"I"? ei ' '
"Si oi
compliments. Never "forget,'
treuuenilv revicwinp-
its obligations and liabilities as it goes
along, so that al least it seems to acquire a
new sense, which remains, as it were, un
easily awake until each duty is fulfilled,
just as some men obtain power, through
the force of will, of arousing themsolves
from slumber at any hour they please..
After a little practice of this sort what
have I to do to-day ?" it will be discov
ered what an internal regulator is cradu
ally brought into action, which causes one
to leel tbat something has been neglected
although we cannot on the instant, recol
lect what that something is until at last,
'it becomes scarcely practicable to "forget."
NeaVs Gazette.'
' THE BARE-FOOTED PRINTER
BOY."
The Pittsburg Morning Ariel, under
this caption, gives a short history of a dis
tinguished citizen of Pennsylvania, as
follows ,
" Some thirty years ago, said he, a bare
footed boy floated down the Susquehanna
river on a humble raft; and arrived at
Harrisburg, Penn. He came from tho
north, and belonged to a large family,
with all his worldly goods lied in a little
pocket hankcrchief, he sought and obtained
employment in a printing office as an ap
prentice. From an apprentice to a jour
neyman, from a journeyman to a reporter,
then editor; the bare-footed printer boy
worked his way against obstacles which
the struggling poor only know. The
persevering follower in Franklin's foot
steps began to realize the fruits of his pa
tient toil and privation. The young as
pirant became printer to the S:ate, and by
frugal management was soon enabled to
accomplish the object dearest to his heart
the establishment of his mother in a
home above want in possession of every
comfort she cou!d desire. His brothers
next were his care, and like Napoleon, he
had a strong arm with which to aid him
an indomitable perseverence that nothing
could long successfully obstruct. In a
few years, they too, with his sisters, were
independent of the world the once bare
footed printer boy was in possession of af
fluence, surrounded by a young and af
fectionate family.
"He did not stop here. He was the
friend of the friendless, the patron of mer
it, the encourager of industry. He rose
in honor and. office, until the poor bare
footed boy who entered a printing otliee
in Harrisburg, hungry and weary, laid
down his little bundle on a pile of wet pa
per, and asked to become a printer's np
prentice, was elected Senator in Congress!
That man is Simon Cameron, of Penn
sylvania." Self-Marriage. A couple had been
living together as man and wife, in Phil
adelphia, for some time. The gentle
man pernaps, oecoming tired nt trie in
cumbrance, refused to support his repu
ted wife. She instituted a suit to obtain
a.Bhare of his woildly substance. The
defence was that they were not legally
married. It appeared that no clergy,
man or minister of the law officiated at
the marriage ceremony, but that the par
ties acknowledged themselves man and
wife ui the presence of witnesses. This,
Judge Sargent decided to be a legal
marriage, and ordered the husband to
give security for the payment of ten dol
lars per week for the support of his wife.
With this decision the husband refused to
comply, and was imprisoned for contempt
of court. He was subsequently brought
before court, backed by an extraordir.a
ry array of legal talent, on an applica"
lion for a discharge; but all to no pur'
pose the Judge was inexorable. This
interpretation of the law was established
in England many years ago; and a law
providing lor marriage in this form was
adopted ' in order that none may be
hindered in so necessary a work, there
being no ministers!"
CONGRESS-
SENA TE. OREGON.
Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1845.
The following resolutions, offered yes
terday by Mr Hannegan, coming up :
1. Resolved, That the country included
within the parallels of forty-two degrees
and fifty-four degrees forty minutes north
latitude, and extending from ihe Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, known
as the Territory of Oregon, is the proper
ly, and part and parcel of the territories of
the United States.
2. Resolved, That there exists no pow
er in this Government lo transfer its soil
and the allegiance of its citizens to the do
minion, authority, control, nnd subjection
of any foreign Power, Prince, State, or
Sovereignty.
3. Resolved, That the abandonment or
surrender of any portion of the Territory
of Oregon would be an abandonment of
the honor, character, and ihe best interest
of the American people.
The resolutions having been read
Mr Hannegan rose nnd'said tbat, as the
Sena'e was not at present full, he would
ask that thefe resolutions be made the
special order for some future day, and he
w ould name next Monday week 8s lh$
m . I iimii - I r i a mei . . . . . , - . . I . . u .
I A I . .
day.
Mr Arcricr suggested to the Senator
from Indiana (hat sufficient time ought to
be allowed, before the resolutions wei
brought up for final action before the Sen
ate, that they might be printed and reflect
ed upon not only by Senators, but by the
community. He thought it would be bet
ter to prolong somewhat the time named
by the Senator, and to order thut the res-'
olutions be printei. -
Mr Hannegan thereupon moved that
the resolutions be printed, and made ihe
special order for the third Monday in Jan
uarv. Mr Calhoun said he did not rise to op
pose this motion, put to request that the
Senate should permit him to make a few
prefatory remarks before submitting the
amendments he intended to move lo tho
resolutions now before the Senate.
Mr President, (said he,) though I can
not give my support to these resolutions, I
am very much gratified that they have
been moved by the Senator from Indiana.
Whatever objections there may be to them,
they have at leastthe merit of beingdiiect,
open, and manly. They deny, in direct
terms, ihe authority of This Government
to make a treaty in reference to the Ore
gon territory, and denounce, ns I under
stand them; by implicution, the proposi.
lions that have been already made by our
Government to settle the boundary by it
division along the forty-ninth parallel of
north latitude. If the Senate should sup
port these resolutions, it is clear that iht
question can only be settled thereafter by
force of arms ; and should this be the rase;
nnd a war be commenced between this
country and Great Britain, no peace can
ever take place between the two countries
out by our dictation at the ceuon
mouth.
Mr President, the vote upon these res
olutions will draw a broad line, which can
not be misunderstood, between those who
are in favofof settling the question by a:i
appeal to arms, una those m lavor of a
more pacific course. 1 myself am in fa-
vor of a pacific course of an adjustment,
if possible, by negotiation ; and nnder
these views and impressions, Mr Presi
dent, I have prepared n series of resolu
tions an'ngonistical to those olthe Senator
from Indiana, and asserting the opposite
principles, which I propose to move by
way of amendment to the resoluttcns cf
the Senator, nnd ask also that thev be
printed. I think it is a proper occasion
for avowing the sentinients which i enter
tain upon this subject. I nm for pence, it
peace can be honorably preserved. I am
in favor of adjusting ihe difficulty, if it
can be adjusl"d, by nego'iation ; if it can
not be adjusted by negotiation, 1 am in fa
vor of that course to be pursued by this
Government which shall throw the" cnut
of war from our own shoulders upon
Great Britain. I approve of the course
taken by this Government in offering iho
49;h parallel, under all the eircumstnnsps
of the case, as the boundary. I believe
that the desire of the Executive is, liko
my own, for peace for an honorable
peace; but if on honorable prate cannot
be preserved, if we are to have war, I will
still stand by my country in every emer
gency. I shall never be found antagonist
to her, though overru'ed by those who
take an opposite view from my own. But
should a war take place, it is not going to
bean ordinary war; and while I viil
give every support to my country, I will
hold those responsible who rashly precip
itate the country into a war. Sir, on a de
liberate vie-v of ihe question, I hope thst
whenever it comes fairly before the Senate
for discussion, we shall discuss it in tha
calmest manner, and when its true grounds
are clearly seen and understood, we shall
come to the conclusion to avert a war if
possible; but if not, that we shall be unit
ed as one man in support of the country.
Mr C.'s resolutions were then read as
follows :
Resolved, That, the President of the
United States has power "by and with
the advice and consent of the Senatp. to
make treaties, provided two-ihirds of iha
Senate present concur."
Kesolved, That the power of rnnkinff
treaties embraces that of settling and fix-
i.ig Dounaanes between the territories and
possessions of the United States and thn
of other powers, in cas-s of conflicting
ciaims ee ween mem in releicitce to the
same.
Resolved, That, however clear their
claims may be, in their opinion, to"thf?
country included within the parallels of
42 degrees and 51 degrees 40 minute
north latitude, and extending from (ho
Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean,
known as the Territory of Oregonlthrr
now exists,- and have long existed, conflict
inn; claims lo the possesion of the same
between them nnd Great Britain, the ud-
justment of which have been frequently
the subject of negotiatfon between iha re
spective Governments '
Resolved, therefore, That the PresiJert
of the United States has riehtfniii: ii-.,.
power, under the Constitution, by and
with the odvice and consent of the Senate,
provided that two-thirds of the members x
present concur, to adjust by treaty th.
claims of the two countries to the said ter
ritory, by fixing a boundary between their
respective possessions,
Resolved, That the President of th
United Sta'es, in renewing ihe offer, in
the spirit of pence and compromise, to fs
tablish the 49.h degree of north latitude
as a line between the possessions of the
two countries to the said territory, did not
"abmionths honor, the character, and