Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-01-08

VII tItSt Csol lf.4.t fOu '1@tkStA 5UN ~ k'le
gF6t coss of. mail sefyire on railroads
m by lOcepn Aesmers. Tho. suggess
lions d lhs Poslhasltr General on the
lsdtiecA desiIke lbe consideration or Cor.
sress.
ISrERioK.
'9He'HpOsioi ,hs Sserelsry of lbsIn,
terror Wifi engage yodt attention. sSSeiI
I1lesusetet ssgeesiionsit contains. as fer
the interest AMI importance OF the SUBJ
jects 10 which they 80 as
The aggregate amount of public land
sold during the last fiscal year, located
with military. scrip % land vensnlsJ to-
ken up under grants Tor roads, and Sc.
lecied IS swamp lands by Stsles; is
twenty fouS fmillioh five hRn,ltsd and
Iihy-seven thousand four hun,Irel and
l1hine aeres. II &hirhFthe portion sold was
fifteen million seven hundred AMI twenty
nine thousand liise hundred and twenty.
four sores, yieldIng in receipts The, sum
Cf ell, ,465, see. lnthe same perjod OF
time 8, ,723.B4i Seres have been surveyed;
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but. in consideration Of the quantity al.
reaiy sSbject To- entry, MOI additional
tracts have been brought into market.
The particular relation OF the general
I government, 10 the District Of Columbia
renders il proper to commend 10
your care not only its material. but
also it's moral interests, including educa.
tions nnoie especially in those parts Of
lilie district outside ol the cities Of Wash
ians.oh andp6eorsetown. iA1. -
b vfhe commissioners appointed 70 re.
vise END codiiy tiie laws oli,the sDistslc'
haye made ~ such progress ~ the perform
tance o. t',eH task, as 10 insure US com.
FPIel,on IN ahe ufne hpfeseHbel BY the act
tot GnhSrese ItH it'.r g. -
itn Information has recently been received
Etnatine Piase .ot the settlements N the
Territories OF oregon ami W ashIngton Is
dislpFned ey bes'.lllIss o9 me Part o' the
iniia!s, without lndica'ions OF extensive
combinations ot "a hos 10 character
among the tribes N that quarter, the
more Serious IN lhelt possible effect by
resson Of Inc undetermined inrelgn inter
ssles!s existing IN those Territories, 10
whl;a your attention has already been
esPeclsiiy invited. ,Einc!ei't aensures
hare been taken, Yh.sh: i ls believed
4 VIII restore quiet, and aiiofd projection
! 10 our cnIzensstv m.
\ ih the Territory oil hacsas, there here
been ctsaprejudicial 10 good orler, but
4 as yet none have occurred under circum.
stancesdo jI&dty Ihe iutefposition Of the
Federal ,Exesu,iye. That could osly be
in case Of obstruction TO federal law, or
oforganized resistancs TO territorial law,
assuming the character Of lnsnrrection,
which, Y u should occur, II woull b. my
Iuy ih"P'3 .opsinY ~. 'ls y. e'I S'pp'es.' r
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| will 10 prevented by the sound sense Of
the people oi The Territory, who. by It's
organic, law. possessing the right 10 de-
lermine their own domestic institutions,
Eaie entitled, while deporting themselves
4 peacefully. TO the free exercise Of iha,
Iight' and must DC protected N the en-
joyment of Il. without interference on
the part ii The citizens oi any Of the
State. .'it'- 80
The southern boundary line oi 'hl;
Territory has never been surveyed AMI
established. The rapidly extending SCI.
,leme MI in tho, -ea;nn, snd the fact iha
the mai ro9'e oe'wee" inaeEendence: y
!ne S'aie o. missouri a2a view Mexico
"a contiguous 10 Ills line, suggest hi