Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-03-23
From the Home Journal.

I From the Home Journal.
4 THE manner in which the Indian is
crowded off from his inheritance by the
white man, and the argument by
which the superseding owners of the soil
is justified to himself, are worth picking
out from any actual movement or debate
in the legislation OH the matter. In the
Senate of Congress, January 9th, de.
bate arose on Bill for sellinga confirm.
| ing grants of the wild land7ef Oregon
Mr.. Pierce, of Maryland, opposed the
bill, because, first, the land was yet own.
ed and occupied by certain tribes of Indi-
ans; and second, thatthe proposed grants
were too large, and moreover that they
ought not TO be made at all eve IS, till the
Indian title had been extinguishsd.
Judge Breese of Illinois, on the other
hand, contended that the Indians had no
claim to the land in question; that they
were not permanent settlers npon it, nei-
Their had they been for years; that they
did not pretend even to setup claim to
it; that the Tribes in the vicinity of this
Territory, we're nomadic in their Charlie
ter and habits, and that we were not call
ed upon by any principle otjustice or ex-
| pediency TO acknowledge that they had
any right in the soil Whatever. And in
regard to the large grants objected to, he
said we propose to give away about FIVE
millions ofacres, out of about twenty mil
lions to be brought into market; and that
in giving away this quantity, we were on.
ly confirming what had been previously
promised to those who have emlgrated
thither. He spoke earnestly, and with
feeling in regard to the hardships ofthose
who had pioneered ia the settlement of
that wild and distant country, and said if
there were any people entitled to favor
and protection from our government, it
was that class who sacrificed all the
blessings of the older settled parts of the
country to fell the forests ola new terri
! tory. The morning hour having expired
before any action was taken on this bill,
it lies over for further consideration" p
BEAUTIFUL ExTRAcr.-At the recent
meeting in New Orleans, for the relief of
the Irish sufferers, the Hon. s. s. PREM
TIss made speech, from which we take
the following beautiful extract: .s.
"There lies upon The other side of the
wide Atlantic, beautiful island, famous
in story and in song. Its area is not so
! great as that Of the State Of Louisiana.
while its population is almost half that Of
the Union. Ii has given to the world
more than its share ofgenius and Of great.
ness. 1t has been prolific in statesmen,
warriors and poets. Its brave and gen.
erous sons have fought successfully all
battles but their own. In wit and humor
it has ne equal; while its harp, like its
history, moves to tears by its sweet but
melancholy pathos. Into this fair region
God has seen fit to send the most terrible
of all those fearful ministers who fulfill his
inscrutable DEGREES. The earth has fail
ed to give her increase; the common mo-
ther has forgotten her offspring, and her
breast no longer affords them their accus
toned nourishment. Famine, gaunt and
ghastly famine, has seized nation with
its startling grasp; and unhappy Ireland.
in the sad woes of the present, forget for
a moment the gloomy history ofthe past"
Costume OF Former Times.
When Gov. Bowdoin reviewed the
J troops Of Massachusetts, in .l747, he was
dressed in a gray wig, cooked hat, and
white broadcloth coat and waistcoat, red
small clothes. and black silk stockings,
In 1872, Gov. Hancock received his
guests in red velvet cap, within which
was one of fine linen, turned up over the
edge ofthe velvet one, two or three inch
es. He worea blew damask gown, lin
ed with silk, a white satin embroidered
waistcoat, black satin small clothes, white
silk stockings, and red morocco slippers,
The Judges of the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts, as late as 1903, wore
robes of scarlet, faced with black velvet;
and in summer, black silk gowns. Gen.
tiemen wore coats Of a variety of colors,
generally the coat collar Of velvet, CT
a different color from the coat. .s -5sa
| In 1888, Gen. Washington arrived in
New York, from Mount Vernyn, to, as
sumo the duties of the Presidency. He
was dressed in q full suit of Virginia
homespun. On bis visit to New Eng
land soon after, he wore the old continen
tai uniform, except on Sabbath, when he
appeared in black.
John Adams, when Vice President,
wore a sword.. and walked the streets
with his hat under his arm. +
At his levees in Philadelphi, Presi-
dent Washington was clad in black vel
vet his hair was powdered, and gathered
behind in silk bag, yellow gloves. knee
and shoe buckles; he held in his hand
cooked hat, ornamented with cockads
fringed about an inch deep, with black
feathers--a loBg sword, in q white lea
Their scabbard, with polished steel hilt.
hung at his hip.