The Life, Explorations, and Public Services of John Charles FremontLivermore & Rudd, 1856 - 115 Seiten |
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... bill to grant donations of land to settlers be- fore the cession of the country to the United States , and preemption rights to all subsequent settlers ; bills to regulate the workings of mines in California - to extend the laws and ...
... bill to grant donations of land to settlers be- fore the cession of the country to the United States , and preemption rights to all subsequent settlers ; bills to regulate the workings of mines in California - to extend the laws and ...
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... bill providing for the building of a road across the Sierra Nevada , on the line of the Rio de los Americanos and ... bills , this wise provision was defeated ; but the fact that the railroad which is now in process of extension from San ...
... bill providing for the building of a road across the Sierra Nevada , on the line of the Rio de los Americanos and ... bills , this wise provision was defeated ; but the fact that the railroad which is now in process of extension from San ...
Seite 97
... bill to the Senate , to stand upon its owr . merits . " The bill failed . The wisdom in which it was con ceived , and the clear , brief , and forcible manner iL which it was presented , availed nothing . But experience has since fully ...
... bill to the Senate , to stand upon its owr . merits . " The bill failed . The wisdom in which it was con ceived , and the clear , brief , and forcible manner iL which it was presented , availed nothing . But experience has since fully ...
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... bill authorizes to be em- ployed . He is willing to run the gauntlet of all this , according to his letter in relation to the Mariposa estate , which was read yesterday ; but he is not willing that other claimants should be so subjected ...
... bill authorizes to be em- ployed . He is willing to run the gauntlet of all this , according to his letter in relation to the Mariposa estate , which was read yesterday ; but he is not willing that other claimants should be so subjected ...
Seite 99
... bill , which became a law ; and which , in spite of a studied and pertinacious opposition , prevented a tax from being levied upon gold , and secured to the miner the entire product of his labor . The bill came up for " dis- cussion on ...
... bill , which became a law ; and which , in spite of a studied and pertinacious opposition , prevented a tax from being levied upon gold , and secured to the miner the entire product of his labor . The bill came up for " dis- cussion on ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Seite 110 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Seite 112 - This Convention of Delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States, without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the present Administration...
Seite 42 - River. Around us the whole scene had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion. Parallel to its length, the ridge was split into chasms and fissures, between which rose the thin, lofty walls, terminated with slender minarets and columns, which is correctly represented in the view from the camp on Island Lake.
Seite 110 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy and Slavery.
Seite 40 - We rode on until we came almost immediately below the main peak, which I denominated the Snow peak, as it exhibited more snow to the eye than any of the neighboring summits.
Seite 110 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Seite 42 - ... country. On one side we overlooked innumerable lakes and streams, the spring of the Colorado of the Gulf of California; and on the other was the Wind River Valley, where were the heads of the Yellowstone branch of the Missouri. Far to the north we...
Seite 54 - ... which we spread our blankets, soon made ourselves comfortable. The night was very bright and clear, though the thermometer was only at 10°. A strong wind, which sprang up at sundown, made it intensely cold ; and this was one of the bitterest nights during the journey.
Seite 41 - Putting hands and feet in the crevices between the blocks, I succeeded in getting over it, and, when I reached the top, found my companions in a small valley below. Descending to them, we continued climbing, and in a short time reached the crest. I sprang upon the summit, and another step would have precipitated me into an immense snow-field five hundred feet below. To the edge of this field was a sheer icy precipice ; and then, with a gradual fall, the field sloped off for about a mile, until it...
Seite 39 - I broke up the conference, as I could do nothing with these people; and being resolved to proceed, nothing was to be gained by delay. Accompanied by our hospitable friends, we returned to the camp. We had mounted our horses, and our parting salutations had been exchanged, when one of the chiefs (the Bull's Tail) arrived to tell me that they had determined to send a young man with us; and if I would point out the place of our evening camp, he should join us there. 'The young man is poor,' said he;...