Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-11-20
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rivers. 1t took possession OF the terri
tory, and enjoyed its trade without op-
position ,ill 1881, when rival company
1.-The North American Fur Company ol
| Canada," sprung mp. THIS latter was
| Icomposed entirely oG Canadians aud was
no,ed for It's energy aud enterprise
! The Iealousies naturally arising be-
| tween rivals, led 10 the most barbarou'
| battles, aud the sacking AMI burning oI
| each others posts. La 1872 Parliament
| lnterfered and consolidated them into
one, under the title Of the 4" HUDSON
Bay Company" They occupy vnal
country, aud their operations are those
II n vas, monopoly. An the British
posse ssions north OF the Canadas 10 the
Arctic Ocean, are their hunting ana
trapping grounds. They have leased
for twenty years from 1910, all OF
Russian America, excep! the post ol
Snka. Thus this powerful Company
control more than one-eighth OF The soil
of the globe. Its capitalists are IN Eng
land, and its board OF managers transact
their business at The lludsons Bay
House" in London. This board buy all
the goods, and ship them 10 the territory
sell the lurs and transact all the affairs
OF the Company except the actual bnsl-
ness Of collecting iurs IN their territory.
The annu, value Of their prlrles Is u
bout million nf dollars. The nett profit
Of the fur trade ~ Immense. The shares
of the Company'- stock, which original
ly cost one hundred pounds, are at one
hundred per cent premium, and the divi-
drnds range from ten per cent upwards,
mud this, too, while they are creating an
immense fund, 10 be expended IN keep
M other persons out Of the trade.
In 1911 the American Pacific Fun
Company, Of which John Jacob Astor
was the prime mover, bulll Fort Astoria,
near the mouth OF the Columbia. 10
1913, during the last war, this American
Company sold all It's establishment in
Oregon to the British Company, now
the Hudson's Bay Company. la the
same year u British sloop oi war entered
the Columbia, aud formally took pos.
session Of Fort Astoria, and changed its
name to Fort George. la 1916, by the
treaty of Ghen,, England surrendered
this Fort to our Government. Then it
was, by the same treaty, that British
subjects were granted the same rights OF
trade and settlement in Oregon as be-
lopged to the citizens Of This Republic,
for ten years. In 1927 this stipulation
was indefinitely extended, and cannot
cease to be in force I'LL after twelve
monil,I notice.
Thus is the manner in which the Hud-
sons Bay Company came into Oregon.
The value oil lurs which are annually
collected in Oregon by this company,
is about S 40 900 ~ The London market
Parliamen, extended the jurisdiction Of
the Canadian courts over the country
occupied by these furtraders, whether
It were "owned or claimed by Great
Britain" Under this act, certain gem
tlemen of the Fur Company were ap-
pointed Justices, and empowered to en-
terrain prosecutions for MINOR offences
arrest and send To Canada criminals OF
high order and to try, render judg-
ment, and grant execution in civil suits,
and TO Imprlson debtors in their forts and
JaIls.
So il is TINT the trade, and the civil
and criminal jurisdiction in Oregon, are
held by British subjects that Ameri-
can cuizens are deprived by monopo-
ly Of their commercial rights; but they
are liable to be arrested on their own
territory by officers of British courts,
tried in the American domain by British
Judges, imprisoned or hung for acts done
within the jurisdiction of our own Re-
public. - Ciereiand Piaimdeaicr.
Breach Of Promise o Marriage Suits
for damages in cases of this kind have
been numerous Of late. In the case of
Sarah Steele rs. Lewis Francis, in New
York city, the lady recovered $1,000
We copy synopsis OF the charge OF the
Judge from the Evening Post
The charge of tho Court was very in
teresiIng to suitors, and should be by
them constantly borne Ia mlnd. 1t shows
that couItlng," after all, Is "A serious
matter, aud the mun who attempts to-
trhe with the ufhrcti"ns of young lady,
may get caught IN his own net. Judge
L lshufitr told the jury thnt promise uI
marriage could be implied from the acts
Of the parties. II a man pays such at h
ienliun To II female as To make II appear
that he il aiianced to her, the law will 4
imply promise on his pari-and II Il le-
mule, m keeping company with him,
shows by her acts that sho reciprocates
his affections, mutual promise Is nm
piled, and either party cnn maintain IA
suit. On the other hand, il the lady i
shows coldut ~ aud want Of attachment, /
the law does not imply mutual promise,
and the defendant would be at liberty To
marry some one else. In the present
case tho Court considers, from the acts
oi the parties, that there had been mu-
Iual promise, but that is a subject tor The \
c consideration OF the jury, as is the qucs-
ion OF damages, bearing IN mind the
pccunisry situation and ability OF the do
endaut.
REVERSE or FoRTuNE.-A correspond II
mt oi the Courier, writing from Buffalo,
says an individual Of that city, who, IN