The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-31
WeslIlDgtOD News

that it is estimated that the number
of acres of public land unsol3 and
u1appropriated, after deducting all
disposals as far as reported, Is as fol-
lows: Florida. IL ,328, ,496 acres Ala
bama, 6,496,772; Mississippi. 4,728,-
514; Louisiana, G, 6,486, SOB; Missouri,
], ,131. .752; Arkansas, IL. .307, OFT. To-
tai, AT ,479, ,619 acres. As to Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky
and Tennessee, there are no public
lands within their limits
The Comptroller of the Currency
warns the public to reject all $50 and
500 bills Of the First National Bank
of Jersey City, OF wHich some 1900
of unsigned impressions were stolen
from the Bureau, in April, 1867.
The Bank will, however, redeem all
such notes.
The receipts of customs last week
were 81, Sit, ,924
Supervisor Fuller reports that he
has seized the Pacific Match Com
pany, at San Francisco. for alleged
violation of the revenue laws.
WASHINGTON, December 30.-The
hours for reception by Vice Presi-
uElE 2U0 ME NOila4s db LAEtA 1911
ence. New Years Day, will be from
12A till 3 o'clock, P. NJ. Cabinet off
GERS will receive calls from l TIL 3
p NJ. The receptions by public
officers and citizens will probably be
greater in numbers than heretofore.
Officers of the Army viii assemble at
the War Department.. aud proceed in
a body to the White House, to pay
their respects to the President.
Supervisor Fulton reports the seiz-
ure Of the Pacific Match Compay, at
San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-The first
public reception at the Executive
Mansion will be held Friday evening.
Collector Casey and MessTs. Tissot
and Kinsillo, the latter named gen.
gentleman being a Treasury agent,
have arrived from New Orleans On
business connected with the Custom
House troubles. o
WASHINGTON, December 30-Vin-
cent Colyer, of New York, yesterday
handed to President Grant a memo
rial, signed by q number of property
holders and business men of Vic
tOria, to be followed by another which
Will CO4tdtu TIC uduCS Vi ali ettC
British merchants and others at Vic.
toria and other places. In favor OF the
transfer of British Columbia to the
United States. The President TO day
returned 10 Mr.. Colyer verbal reply
| that he had read the memorial with
| great interest, and sent it to the
Secretary of State. Mr.. Colyer
also showed the memorial to
Senator Sumner, Chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Relations,
who, alter reading it, said
the movement was important and
could have but one termination.
Meanwhile our Government waits for
the movement Of England, which is
fast seeing the uselessness sHd I'M
practicability of an European empire
on this hemisphere. Both the Presi
dent and Senator Sumner desired
their replies to be made known TO the
memoriabsts The following is the
mem orial:
To His Excellency the President OF the
! United States:
Your memorialists beg leave most
respectfully to represent that we are
residents of the colony of British
! Columbia, many of US British sub
jects, and all of us deeply interested
In the welfare and progress of bur
adopted country; that those who are
| British subjects are deeply penetrated
with the most profound feelings Of
loyalty and devotion to her Majesty
and her Government, and that all en-
tertaiu for her feelings of the grea ate st
attachment, and to the country; that
while VIC thus indulge sucn feelings,
! -, kE \
owe to ourselves and families, IL view
of the contemplated severeDce Of the
political ties which unite this colony
to the mother. country, to seek for
such political and commercial
affinity and connection as will
insure the immediate and con
tinued prosperity and well-being
of this our adopted home; that this
colony is now suffering great depres-
sion, owing to its isolation, scarcity
OF population and other causes too
humorous to mention; that we view
with feelings of alarm the avoWed in
tsntion of Her Msjesty's government
to confederate this colony with the
Dominion of Canada, as We believe
such measure can only lead to still
further depression and ultimate in :
jury, for the following reasons, viz. ::
that the confederation cannot give
US protection against internal enemies
or foreign foes. owing to the distance
of this colony from Ottawa; that it
cannot open to US a market for the
produce of our lands, our forests, our
mines, or our waters; that it cannot
bring us population - our greatest
need-as the Dominion itself is suf-
l.
Dection with the Dominion can
satisfy no sentiment of loyalty
or devotion; that her commercial
and industrial interests are op-
posed to ours; that the tariff
of the Dominion will be the ruin Of
our farmers aud the commerce of our
chief cities; that we are institigated
by every sentiment of loyalty to Her
Majesty; by our attachment to the
laws and institutions of Great Britain
and our deep interest in the proSperi-
ty of our adopted country to express
our opposition to q severance from
England and a confederation with
Canada. We admit that the
dominion may be aggrandized by
confederation, but we can see no
benefit, either present or future,
Wnlcn can accrue 20 the OGlseG Otates
therefrom; that we desire G market
for our coal and lumbsr, and our fish +,
and this the Dominion seeks for the
same produce of her own soil. She
can take nothing from the Uni
ted States, aud supply US nothing
in return; that confederating this
colony with Canada may relieve the
mother country from the trouble aad
expense of fostering and protecting
this isolated, distant colony, but it
can not free us from our long eudur-
ing depression. Owing to the lack