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lllosnn Dec. 15.
The Senate was occupied to day cliief-
ly by a debate on Oregon, California, &c.
Mr. Cass called it up by his resolutions to
inquire into the state of our national de-
fences, &c. He was followed by Mr.
Mangum in a very able speech. ilfr. Al-
len, Chairman of the Comuiiltee on For-
eign Relations, replied to Mr. M. in a
speech full of blood and thunder. Mr.
Archer followed in reply to Mr. Allen;
when the resolutions on the death of Mr.
Peyton ofTennessee came from the House.
Mr. Jarriagin of Tennessee made a few
appropriate remarks, after which the usual
Resolutions were adopted, and the senate
adjourned.
We subjoin the following brief sketch
of the debate referred to, from the Balti_
niore Anierican.—
The resolutions having been read, Mr.
Cass sustained them in a speech of some
length, in which he took occasion to state
his conviction that an important crisis is
approaching, and that the danger of war is
imminent. The claims of the two nations
are irreconcilable. War is a great calam-
ity and should be avoided—but there is a
_greater calamity than war, that is national
dishonor. The pretensions of the two
zountrics are such that there is no com-
mon ground on which we can meet. Shall
we recede '!—No, Mr. President, such a
thing is not to be thought of.
If the last proposition ofEnglaud be her
ullimatuni, I have no hesitation in sayiiigl
that it is equivalent to a declaration of
war, and that hostilities must commence
upon the termination of the year’s notice.
Eanger can neither be averted or avoided
by indifference. Let us then, look our
dilliculties boldly.in the face. I hesitate
act to declare that the only way to avert
war, is to unite with all the energy God
has given us in a public determination to
carry it on with vigor.
Mr. Cass having concluded, he was fol-
lowed by Mr. Mangum, who deprecated
the introduction of the resolutions and
their consideration at this time. Mr. M.
regreted exceedingly the course of the
remarks of the Senator from Michigan.-
That gentleman, he said, had profcssed a
perfect coincidence of opinion with the
Ifixecutire, but he certainly took a very
strange way of showing it. Mr. M. said
that he had an honest confidence in the,
President of the Uhited States on this;
q‘ e siion, and was willing to leave the mat-'
ter in his hands.
It was the proper duty of the committee
proposed to be instructed to make the
very investigation called for, without be-
ing goaded to it by an action ofthe Senate
\'Vheii the Execiitivc called upon Congiess
for. M. and those with whom he acted
would be ready to go as far as the father-
est in supporting all measures necessary
for the defence of the country. Mr. M.
concluded by moving that the resolutions
be laid over until to morrow, which motion
was lost.
Mr. Allen followed in reply to the Sena-
tor from North ‘Carolina, audio support of
the resolutions.
Mr. Archer advocated the postponement
. cliusetts and his tribute to John Quincy Adams,
the resolutions. The co.ncl_usio_n of his speech
was very fine. His vindication of Massa-
were beautiful and powerful. He showed that
the Constitution of 'l‘ex:is now before the I~Ioi_ise
was in direct violation of the Joint Resolution,
for the Annexation of Texas. _
The Annexation Resolutions provided that In
a certain part of Texas Slavery should not be_
permitted. The Constitution of the State of
Texas guaramied slavery in the whole of Texas. i
He concluded by moving that the Constitution
of Texas be re-committed to the Committee 011.
Terrizories, with instructions to introducea pro-j
viso that slavery except for crime, be excluded
from the new State. .
Here it scene of confusion which is totally un- I
describal-le followed. The majority refused to.
let auv one proceed.
the gair. On the same decision they voted to
susiiiiu the chair by 92 to 77, and immediately
afterwards voted not to sustain by a vote of 99 1
to 9:4. The yeas and nays were called on tliel
final passage ofthe Resolutions, and resulted in i
was 14], nays 51$.
' We have had to day the bible and Ger»,
Vlfasliington, Lafayette and the stars and;
stripes, mixed up in wild confusion. The
House paid great deference to the Natives
and listened with great attention to Mr.
Leviii’s harranguc. His doctrine will not
go down, however. llis opinion that the
debt we owe Lafayette and France is can-
celled, will meet with no respoiise from
the American people. Gold is too worth-
less to pay the price of Freedom, and
therefore cannot cancel the debt we owe
to those who gave it to us. Perhaps some
Native may tell us hereafter, that the debt
we owe to Washington is cancelled.
Mr. Levin also said that. the Pil-
grims of Plymouth came here merely thro’
motives of interest. My ./lmcrica.nz's.vi re-
volts from this idea, even if it were true
His attack on the ‘Whigs as an Aristocra-
cy of talent and money power, showed the
length to which he would descend in cour-
ting the favor of the majority, and his ap-
peal to the South against Daniel O'Con-
nell was worthy of the brightest day of
demagogism.
Of the veas 120 are Loco-Focos, 20 \Vliigs,
and 1 Natii/e. Nays, 3 Locos, 48 Whigs, and 5
Natives. The House then adj.
~ VVi:n.~'i:'n.\r, Dec. 17.
The House of Representatives has been
kept in a fever all day by Mr. Levin. His
advocacy ofthe right of petition and the
duty of listening to the voice of the peo-
ple, was adniirably answered by Mr. Gid-
dings, of Ohio, who showed that in every
case vvhere the petitions and renionstran-
ces of the people had been laid on the ta-
ble by yeas aud nays, Mr. Levin had voted
in the afiiririative. From his conduct thus
far, it would appear that Loco Focoism
and the slave interest of the South will
find a pliant servant in this Native.
The speech of Mr. Giles of llild. was a
the bad lariguage he used towards the Na-
tives of Baltimore. Had it not been for
the Natives John P. Kennedy would have
still retained his seat.
Mr. Cliipmau of illicliigan is a genius in
his own way. He said that education was
‘always opposed to Democracy. Ifso, his
Democracy is safe. He said that Democ-
racy came patented from Heaven. He
said also that he was a native of Massa-
chusetts and that for this culav.i’y he was
of the resolution; but expressed his de-
termination to vote for them, ifpressccl to
a vote at this time. He expressed his ap-
probation of the course taken by the Ex-
ecutive in relation to the Oregon negotia-
tion.
In the House the Journal of Friday was
read.
Several communications from the “far
Department were submitted to the House..
Mr. Rockwell of Connecticut, called up
the resolutions of the General Assembly of
the State of Connecticut on Texas, and-
made some remarks in vindication of the
course pursued by that state. The House
had departed from its usual course ofcour-
tesy in objecting to refer and print the
resolutions, according to cu$10HI- The
resolutions were on a matter pending
before the H._,,,Se_ They were presentediifested yesterday failed him to (lay. He
They we;-e'trie,d to film-ircy the South again, by sta-
of ii; ting that he was a native ofSouth Carolina,
which considered iiselfiand partook of their enthusiastic manner.
through no factions spirit. _ .
the expression of the settled opinion
sovereign State, _ . _
wronged by the mode in which Annexation
was carried through Congress. 'l he res-
olutions were laid on the table and order-
ed to be printed.
ed, were presented lroma inajoriiy ofthe Siaiesl
against the admission of Texas as a Slave Siatc-.9 ing of 3 -Select cm-m-,~;§uee_
Mr. Adams again presented a great many.
Mr. Dixon of Cozinecticut presented the me-
morial;of W. \V. Ellsworth, (Ex-Governor) and
208 other citizens of I-Iartforil, praying Congress;
l0iSUl)l‘Dll pro
3 Congress of ifiaiions. Preferred to Committee‘
on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Adams presented the Resolutions of the been trying to obtain the fioorall day,Mr.lly on Monday morning his guest aros
State of Massachusetts on the difficulties be-
tween that State and the States ofseuili Caro-.
line and Louisiana, relative to the mission of
Messrs.,Hoar and Hubbard. Alter a few re-y
marks from Mr. Adams, a proposition was made,
by him to refer them to a Select Committee of‘
one from each State.
Mr. Burt of S. C. moved to lay on the table.
Yeas and Nays ordertd, on motion of Mr.
Adams: Yeas ‘JO. Nays They were laid on‘
the table and ordered printed.
Toxsmv, Dec. 16th.
The Senate was chiefly occupied saith the
debaze on Mr. Cass’ Ilesolivioiis. Messrs.
Webster, Criitendeu, Bcrrien and Niles spoke
upon them. They direct the scveralappropriate
Committees to inquire into the state of our Na-
tional Defences. They passed uiianiniously.
In the House, the Speaker said the special
order ofthe day was the Rcsoluiionsou the ad-
mission of Texas ..
Mr. McConnell a'sked the reading of the Res-
olrrions, whicliwas complied with.
Iilr. _MGConDell then ruoved the previous ques-
tzoi.
Tlie vote on ordering the previous question
was then taken by the Tellers, and carried.
The question was then, shall the main ques-
tion be now put? Yeas and Nays were called
and ordered. Yeas 105, Nays 90.
The question was then on the cngrossment
and third reading of ilie resolutions--ycas and
nays ordered. Yeas 141 ; nays 57.
Mr. Rockwell of Mass. asked whether this
was debateable. _
The Speaker having answered in the affirma-
tive, Mr. Rockwell proceeded in a ver able anal
after spending sometime in Executive
greference to a Select Comiriittee.
ithought the eloquence of the gentleman
{front Pciinsylvaiiia was an appropriate el-
Great numbers of petitions, numcrously sign-l Ogy on the defunct party.
lty.
lit was born and died of its own ./\"ati've
' IOW-
not accountable. A man tlml.’s ashamed
of his native country or State is not to be
trusted with the destinies ofany other. I
wonder whether Massacliusetts would like
to be held accountable for him.
Tiiuiisou, Dec. 18.
Mr. Benton presented the petition 07
Amos Kendall, asking reimineration l’0_|' ‘IX-
penses and losses (!OflSCf]llf”'t 011 JIM g-‘
merits obtained against f1lml0|‘ Certain Of‘.
ficial acts.
The joint resolution for the appointment
of Chaplairis, on the part of the Senate,
was agreed to.
The Senate adjourned over to Monday,
session.
In the House, Mr. Levin of Pa. resumed
his speech, but the spirit which he trian-
Mr. Chase of Tennessee opposed the
We
Mr Gordon of N. Y. opposed the rais-
It was useless
to have aiij; tliing to say on that dead par-
curiosity and it was a curios thing to hear,
Bill.’ (The old Sub-Treasury Bill of Van Buren
memory.) It was presented to-day,‘as the dis-
cus-ion on Nativeism was postponed. A great
variety of Resolutions about Oregon, Mail
Routes, .ic._&c., were acted upon and ihe.Housc
adjourned till Monday next at 1 o’clock. 9
The Senate was not in session to-day.$_
The Newburyport Herald, afieg contraiilicting
some statements in the papers discredit ble to
merchants of that place engaged in the , regon
and Sandwich Islands trade, says:
“The actual distance to be sailed ‘from
New York to the mouth of the Columbia
lriver, by the way of Cape Horn, is estiina-
ted at 15,000 miles.
Darien, which is only 37 miles, would
save a thousand, in_ore than one half the
distance, reducing the voyage out and
back to less than the time now required to
ma"-e the passage out
riiver by land, is about 3,700 miles.
territory which the British claim in Oregon
north of 44) degrees, is represented by
those who best know it, as bleak, iihos-
pitable and barren, abounding in vol’(ariic
mountains and glaciers. It is now vilua-
ble only for itsfurs, and tlicse,tlirougi the
indefatigable efforts of the fludson’s’ Bay
Company, are rapidly (liminisliing. lThe
American colony in the valley oftlieLlVill-
iainette, is said to number -000
souls, though this estimate is prtllably
overrated. The climate is consideredtqib
ble and salubrious, and the soil (leep:,aiid
strong and fertile. The crops never fail,
the water is remari-ably pure, and tli’£wa-
ter-privileges‘ abundant. Should w,e ex-
tend our possessions over North Oregon
as far as the Bomanzofl‘ mountains wear
the seventeenth parallel, we shall iiiach
that latitude where the sun does not set in
Summer. Near the mountains, in Sim-
mer the sun appears to stand as still jis it
did in the days of.loshua. In June -at is
26 degrees above the horizon at midriglit,
and the only mode ofknowing that p is
midnight, is watcliiug the stin when be-
gins to ascend. Fowls go to roost .9‘-it 7
P. M. and repose until the sun is wel up.
In Vlfinter it is of course the rcversifi 35
iii the high latitudes the sun is not '-sen
for six weeks.’ i
about
./J D1'sn'ngui's/zed G: esl.—-\Ve are infom-
ed that I‘Ion. John C. Calhoun willbe pes-
eat at the celebration of the landing of
the Pilgrims at Plymouth. He is,to be
the guest of I-Ion.Daniel Webster. '
BnU'r.iL.—A wretcli named Joseph Loumre,
at New Orleans, whipped his slave so seveely
iliat he died ofleck-jaw, caused by his woods.
It was proved that he had received fifty or r, re
lashes in one day, and on the same night iffy
more—a day or two after he was whipped ‘din,
and on the fo’tiowing day a hundred inorctiiles
weregiven. Louapre has been arrested.
_-___. 7,;
The most frightful murders are taking lpce
in the Cherokee country. Tney seem to rsult
from old Indian grudges, among them. A‘??-
pany of U. S. Dragoons has been sent to,‘ ok
after them. 2;".
Pl'aq-uemincs.-—“Oh, what a falling
there, in)’ countrymen l’ Who we =f
lieve it "9 Plaqnei'n‘irics—l/zc Plaqm I
which -/et.-irnetl (1. mujorit_l/ 0 ‘Me
votes for Polk,'gives in all ‘mll’ 159 ,, "35
for the new Coiislit-W0“! Y_‘3l l_h9_. '?C0'
focos agl go pm. me new Constitution!
JV‘. 0. '1'-rojic.
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,/1 Dcfcgrzte from Oregon:-Dr. l"l.'_‘,ite,
wflOS8 recent and rapid journey fromDr-
cgon to the United States, we some time
Sil‘lCei.l].".0llllCe(l, is now in \’l’:isliip-gfitin,
and is understood to be urging his cleiiriris
to a seatiin Congress, as the (lelega_l_e," of
that distant territory. He has br(i__iigl'it
with him a petition from the iiiliabitiitits,
asking the extension of our laws over tlem,
and credentials from their Legislature;
It has been Genlern
Court of Virginia, at its present ‘session
that the mere inability of ii jury to agrei
was not "such a necessity as vvarrantiy
their discliargc—and in the case befo
them, in which a jury, on a criminal tri ,
had been discliarged, the prisoner was "it-
dered to be freed from custody. ”
Bold Robbery.-—A case of rascalify, If
the darkest kind, occiired in this vicini._
on Monday morning. A miserably cliil
fellow, apparently an invalid, called at the
house of Mr. Hanford Bate-s,_.on Saturdiii
evening last, and asked for food and she
fer.’ He was taken in and comfortabl
It had no parentage mid no posterity.
sitions, to other Goveriiniciiis fori c°l"'“l7l‘°“-
Mr. Vvasliington Hunt of N. Y. obtained;
the floor. Though several Whigs liadi
Hunt was the first wliose efforts were’
rowned with success. He speaks to-mor;
House adjourned.
I“nio.u'. Dec. 19.
In place of continuing the debate to-day onl
the Naiuralizatirin Law, the House proceedcd tol
the transaction of rniscellancous business. Res-l
lutions and Bills and Notices of Bills, were re-i
ceived from various State and from several of.
tlic Committees. ‘
The motion to e'ect a Chaplain gave rise to]
some confusion relative to points of order, &c. l
A motion of inquiry relative to the consiruc-‘
live mileage of Senators to Executive Sessi0ns,i
was passed. '
Mr. Owen, of Indiana, reported a bill for the;
establishment of the ‘Smithsonian Institute,’
which was read twice and referred toa select
committee of seven.
. Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, reported a Bill to"
protect American citizens residiiigin the Oregon
Territory. which was read twice, referred fo a
coinriiiitee of the ivhole, aud made the special
order of the day for the second Tuesday "of Jan.
uary. '
Mr. Bowlin, of Mo. introduced the Resolu.
tioiis of the Legislature of Oregon.
Mr. lT1I1l.l’tl'_()p..0l‘ Mass. introduced a series of
resolutions evincive ofa beliefand disposition to
setile the Oregon difficulty without a resort to
arms.
Mr. Douglass, of Ill. would offer another set
of Resolutions, that our title to the whole of
Oregon was clear and unquestionable, and that
we could not arbitrate about what clearly be-
longed to us.
Mr. Dromgoole, from the commilee of Ways
gloqnent speech, pointing out the objections to
4
and Means. reported a ‘Constitutional Treasury
provided for; and as he appeared, fro
disease’ or injury, poorly qualified for t_
slippery travelling, Mr. Bates proposed 1
help him on his way on Monday mornin
but he was spared the service. Very ea
and rifled his pockets of $25 in gold, a
$50 in bills and silver, and left the pre -
ises. No trace of him has yet been di
covered. —J')anbury Times.
The bark Zamora Ca t. Farnham fro
7 7
New Orleans, for Boston, was drive
ashore on Monument Point, about 4- mil
below Plymouth on fuesday morning cl
ring a snow storm.—-Total loss. l,
rived at Galveston during the week end
ing 29th November, of whom about 100
arrived on the 26th. Many of them wer
from Bremen.
Tc.i:a9.—N; -l-css I313 emigrantsilr
The Senate, on Wednesday, complet
the list of Committees, and appoint , _
Ritcliiedz Heiss public printers. In tl
House sundry speeches were made on Na
tivism. ‘ T
The Merrimac Manufacturing Co., has
declared a semi annual dividend of ten
per cent., as usual. i
Louisiana.—The New Const-tuiion has been
adopted by Yeas 12,277; Nays 1,292; 1\5[ajo,-ily
for Adoption, 10,884. ‘
An Odd Fellows‘s toast, in western N. Y oi-kl;
The 49th Dc,qree—England will be a scarld
member before she lakes it. .‘
The Kane Letter.—The Locos in Pennsylva-
nia who were humbugged by "Mr. Plok’ Kane‘
letter, begin to cliristeu it the Cain letter.
A ship canal at5Pa-'
They vigorously applied znama, to be cut through the lsthmut of; doned whhout a Sacrifice both of the ,,,,_
The distance-ilromz
New York to the irionth of the Columbia;
;The'tlie Norwich Courier, that the census ofl
_ and while opening the door heard another.
' leptic attack, but, strange to relate while
_ _ 7 From the Montreal Courier.
Had the President been satisfied with
recommending ‘to, Congress those meas-
ures which might have been adopted in
relation to those American subjects set-
tled in the Oregon territory—we should
have had nothing to say. The American"
Government had as perfect a right to take
these steps with regard to her citizens, as
Great Britain had with respect to her sub-
'ects. ‘But this was not enough for Mr.
Polk. His declaration “that at the end of
ithc twelve month we shall have reached a
iperiodwhen the national rights to Oregon
ginust be either abandoned or firmly main-
tained,” and “that they cannot be aban
,tional honor and interest” is a positive
‘challenge to England either at the end of
that time to cede the territory or defend
éit at the cannon‘s mouth.
Census of JVO-rw'c/1., Ct'.——\Ve learn from
ithat town has just been completed, and
shows a- population of 9356. The most
rapid increase since 1840 has been in the
m:iniil'acturing village ofGreeiivillc. The
gain in the whole town since 1840, is 2117,
which is 30 per cent upon the population
of ’-IO.
flcc2'z1cnI at Trin '15; C’/mrc/2.—VVe regret
gagcd yesterday in reinoving the statue
of Bishop Hubert to its new place in the
church, a strap which held it ga re way,
and the statue fell to the ground, breaking
one of the arms and otherwise iiijui°inig it,
but whether so far that it cannot be repair-
ed, \-. e are not enabled to say.-—Cour.
TI-IE OREGON NEGOTIATION.
The corrcspondeiit ofthe Courier and Enquir-
er states that Mr. Bucliaiian had an interview
of several liciirs on Friday last wirh Mr. I‘ark-
fenliani, during wlzicli it is surmised that the
fOre:on Question was brought, in some form,
, under consideration.
jiii wliich the coricspondent aforesaid places rc-
jliance, that Lord Abcrdecii is not entirely satis-
ilied Will) the tone and manner in which the ne-
igoiiaiion has been conducied by M r. l’ai(:lu-iiliam,
,nor with its linviiig been abruptly brought to 2)
ficlose, and that he has intimated as much to our
' Misister at London, and probably to Mr. Patch-
ellllam, through dcspatclies brought by the
on the part of Great Britiau highly favoralile
toa peaceful settlement of controversy. The
zbelievc the numerous statements to that ei'l'ect
in letters froui the Capital, is altogeilier more
pacific than the friends of peaceful,
merit of the sessioii.--N. Y. Tribune.
:1 tragical occurrence which took place in Dallas
county, Alabama, on ilie ;’.9ili ult.
Bethel Holmes, :1 Planter in that county, was
very much enamoured of Mrs. McKc-an, ii resi-
dentof Perry county, but temporarily a visitor
of her _br_ollicr-in-law, Col. Ilichardson, in Dal-
las; Wliile there, as is supposed, by jealousy
or insanity, he shot -her and iiuiiiediatelv after‘-
wards killed himself. ' .
They had just risen from the dinner table.-—
Holmes asked Mrs. McKean to walk into the
parlor. The family heard the report ofa pistol.
There lay I-Inlmcs on .ih_c floor still struggliiiz.
Mrs, Mct\'e..n was sitting in tlic rockiiigcuair:
dead. She was shot through the heart.-*
I-Iolmes left three children.
to learn that while the workmen were en-:
It is stated on nl]lli(il‘li_\_~',,
Cambria. ’l‘liis, if true, indicates a disposiiioiil .
lsed—inilecd, we do not recollect when
’the quotatioiis of Government’ securities
aspect of things in Congress also, if we mayiliave been :0 low.
isince Coiisols were quoted at ]O0 and a
honomblcifrilcliitll over-—but within the‘ last llll'('(;‘
negotiation dared to al)llClF'7liC at the comriienc- i “ieciis they ha-lie dropped to "Hi ]‘4__mm
Arrival of the Acadia.
The steamship Acadia arrived at Boston
at half past 12 o'clock, A. M. Friday, bring-
ingadvices from London to the 3d and
Liverpool to the 5th inst. '
'The news is deeply interesting and
highly important.
The warlike tone of American journals
respecting the claims of the United States
to the whole of the Oregon Territory had
ayoused the British press and government.
'1 he former had come out boldlv, and de-
clared that Great Britain could. not and
must not, under any circumstances, relin.
quish her rights in this territory, while the
latter, in the shape of Cabinet Councils,
had instead of opening the ports, as was
expected, for the admission of foreign
grain, been very active, according to re-
port, in preparing for war. The greatest
activity prevailed atall the dockyards, and
immense warlike preparations were being
made-—sucli as had not been kno.vn for
many years.
The Great Western arrived ntLivei-pool
on the 21st ult. and the intelligence wliich
she conveyed, with the r.-piifioiis of the
American people on the Oregon question
caused quite apaiiic.. 'l'he news by the
Caledonia was regarded as ofa more pacif-
ic complexion.
The Prcsident’s Message was looked
for with the greatest anxiety. It was ur-
lgued that upon the scntinieiits entertained
ill) this document depend the chances of
war or peace between Great Britain and
tha United States.
Cabinet Councils have been frequent and
the iriiiiisters are sorely embarrassed.-
Their licsitaiicy and delay in regard to
opening the ports give great advantage to
their oppoiieiits, and it would not be
strange if the next steamer should bring
lgnews ofthe zictte-.<_;___s__ion of a \Vliig .'\liiiistry.
1 Lord John Russell l:as come out in fu-
gvor of a repeal of the Corn Laws,and Lord
glllorpetli has joined the League. '
I’:irli-ament would not meet
l 16 inst. .
. The f..-ilure of the potzitoe crop in Ire-
llaiid, the rapid decay of tlée potatoes in
ftliat country, and the threatened famine
Etherc, were subjects which alarmed not
i
l
until the
lorily Ireland but England.
i
The Consol uiarliet was greatly depres
Only a few months
this great depression is uttributed to the
. ——-——— iwarlikc attitude" assumed by the United
S/rocking Event.-—The Mobile Tribune start-si
States.
'I‘rade in the manufacturing districts
continue dull.
The report ofthe Liverpool Cotton Mar-
ket for the week ending the 29th ult.,
states that Cotton has been in improved
demand throughout the week, but the
iiinri-et closed lieavily,at adecliiie ofl-4- d.
per lb. from previous quotations.
Vlfith regard to the London Money
Market, an influential Monthly Circular
says that before February next the inter-
est of money "‘” l—“'°0_<'1b y be at the rat”
ol 7 per cent. -The minimum rate of the
Bank of England continues fixed at 2 1-2
per cent.
T/ie Oregon Q1:estz'o7z.——On this question
Terr1'.’i/c Railroad (7'olli.<i'on.——'l'he up and
down trains ofcars on the \Vilniingmn, (N. C.)
llailroad were lately driveii intn collision by the:
fool-hardiness of the Engineers, who, though‘
se ing each other amll‘()1IClllllgl‘-.l' miles, drovel
their locomotives at full s,.ecd until it wasi
i too late to avoid ii collision, and all for the pur-l
; pose nfirying which could first arrive at the half“
way point lietwt-en the Depots, so as to make
‘,the other turn back. Tl.e collision was drradful,
' and both ihe engines were almost stove to pieces.
=,.'early ii hundred passengers were in the cars,
‘-and yet, wonderful to re-’ai_e, no one was serious-
_v injured. The Company immediately dis-
;ch:irged both Engineers.
l The Journal of Commerce and the Herald
have a report from Wasliiiigtou, that Mr. Polk
.is about to call Hon. John C. Calhoun into his
Q Cabinet, as Secretary of the Treasury, inakiiig
:'room for him by placing Secretary R. J. Walker
on the Bench of ilie Supreme Court. This
would be very well for the Cabinet, but rather
had for the Court. How will Pennsylvania
"relish it?
‘Delusion Smith,’ Mr. Tylc-r’s special agent
to the Pacific and ‘all along shore,’ and whose
present whereabouts has been a mystery, has
just been discovered at the capital ofEquador!
Si7i.guIm'.-—\Ve mentioned recently the
sudden death of John 'vV..Rumsey, a clerk
for M. W. Warner No. 186 Bowery, con-
cerning which we have since learned some
very singular circumstances. The young
man was taken ill about 0 o'clock in the
evening last Saturday, and a dose of pep
pcrmiiit and brandy was given him, which
in similarattaclrs had proved benelicial.——
He soon fell into an apparent sleep, in
W_l‘ilCll state he remained till 3 o’clock of
the morning, when Mr. Warner retired to
bed. At 7 o’cloc.k the young man was
found apparently dead, andso pronounced
by Dr. McClellan, who was called to him.
On Monday, after an inquest had been held
Mr. Warner leftthe city with the corpse,
for Groveville, near Newburg, the resi
dence of the parents of the deceased.-
On Sunday, the face of the corpse was
very much swollen, and his limbs and
joints stiffened; but on taking the body
from the cofiin on Tuesday, the swelling
had disappeared, the face had assumed a
more natural appearance, and the limbs
and joints were as supple as in life. Mr.
Warner then learncdgfrom the parents,
that when only 6 years of age, John was
supposed to have died frorri a similar epi-
being laid in his coffin preparitory to bar-
ial, signs of life were discovered, and lie
was miraculously resuscitated. A few
years after, an aged relative _of his, who
was pronounced by the physicians to have
died in alike fit after being kept for ten
days, was restored to consciousness, and
is'now enjoying excellent health. The
parents fondly entertain the_hope that the
supposed deceased may again experience
‘a similar resuscitation, at all events, they
-are determined not to bury him at present.
- ‘ _ . Tribune, l9tli._
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we quote from the European Times as
follows:
The news from the western shores of
the Atlantic recently, has excited more
than ordinary interest. The “Great \Ves-
tcrn,” on her last trip, brought home a
document which created nearly as much
amazement as ifa shell had been unexpect-
edly tlii-own, with hostile intent, into a
friendly citadel. The number of the VVash-
ington Union which claimed the whole of
Oregon for the United States, and repudi-
ated all negotiation on the subject, was
scanned with painful feelings-—-was pre-
sumed to speak the sentiments of Presi-
dent Polk, and to foreshadow the tone of
the forthcoming Message. The effect was
such as we have described it. \Var and
all its odious horrors stared every one in
the face. There appeared to be no escape
from it—-no loop-hole left by which an
honorable exit could be made. Men move
in masses—think and sympathise in herds
—and ‘thoughts that breathe and words
that burn,’ issuing simultaneously from a
thousand lips, show how readily, under
prbvocation, reason is subservient to pas-
sion.
The Caledonia arrived on Friday, with
intelligence :1 week in advance of the
Great Western, and the nature of her de-
spatches had an emolierit effect on the na-
tional pulse, which now beats again with
comparative coolness. It was then found
that the article in the oflicial paper was not
understood byvthose on the spot to have
an official character—-that Mr. Pol’: had
not yet thrown away the scabbard—that
the Wliigs with their three P’s—“peace,
prosperity, and progression”--were inim-
ical to war, and that Mr. Webster, at Bos-
ton,liad made a speech of a pacific and el-
evated character, in which _an appeal to
physical force on the Oregon question was
denounced as fully and madness.
The extent of the injury which the po-
tatoe crop has sustained, forms as usual
an unfailing subject of inquiry and anxiety
The accounts are, upon the whole, of a
sad and melancholycharacter; and the ex-
tent of the damage is to be seen in the
conflicting accounts of a remedy given by
irien of high scientific attainments. In
some districts from one third to one half
of the crop is damaged; and so rapid is
tlie progress of the disease, that another
third, it is expected, will be destroyed in
the pits before the spring of next year.
Seeing that potatoes enter so larorely in-
to the food of the laboring classes in Eng-
land, and that they constitute the chief.
almost the only article of sustenance ol
the poor in Ireland, it is painful, it is har-
rowing, to contemplate the amount of
physical suflering which the present ca-
lamity will produce. In the endavor to
discover some remedy as a substitute, In-
dian corn, so much used in the United
States, has been strongly recomrr.-endel.
Strange as it may appear, this produce is
comparatively unknown in England. Cob-
bett, who lived some time in the United
States, was constantly in the habit of eu-
logizing its virtues, and recommending it
as an asticle of human food, while for the
fattening of cattle, he declared it tpbo vn°
equalled. But the farmers of this‘. C00!!-
try were never sturdy in seizing updl1,im°
provements ; the duty upon the article
has deterred importation. i
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\\’mliu2.-satay, Dec, 24, £845.
The few remarks dropped by the Gazette on
the subject of a c ndidate for the Gubernatorial
Clliliri has had the effect to raise the back ofour
igsually gentle, and very clever friend Holly. As
we did not intend to disturb any body’s amiabil.
Ity, we regret that such has been the conse-
quence. Brother H. opens upon usgwitli the
charge of uttering political hcresy—-or w hich is
tantamount, of advocating “lcco foco doctrines,”
in asserting that “nominations should be left to
a convention of delegates, without any op:'m'on
given in advance by the people.” The latter
clause of the quotation is wiiliout support. If’,
however, it is loco fico doctrine to forbear mak-
ing nominations in advance of a coiiveniion, we
acknowledge that the‘ whigs of this State,
and their presses, generally have fallen intoa
gross error with regard to this feature oflocofoco-
ism. It has been generally supposed that there
was something of a diffeience between the two
parties on iliis point. It has been the common
practice for our opponents to go into convention
with their business cut and dried to hand by
those who are careful in looking after the inter-
est of, as well as ilie Il1l('TL‘SlS from the pariy.——
In this way, they have assembled, C: the people,
good subservient creatures, have endorsed, what
was already decreed. They have been very
careful to utter no opinion of their own, knowing
iliat to do so, would he synonyuicus with being
kicked down stairs. 'l'liis, the Editor of the
Advocate knows, and no one has been more
lusty in fastening this upon locofocoism than lie,
for perhaps none have seen its operation more
than lic has done. Not so with the whigs, we
fear no “wirt-pull rs at Hartford or New Haven”
and we are not over anxious to be made sub-
servient to eililorial wire-pullers. The evil in
one case is as uiucli to be deprecated as in the
other. Perh ps Brother Ilolly has not yet ‘found
that out. The whig press have always acted
upon this principle. Had the Advocate been as
ingeuerous as it would appear to be, it would
not have attempted to bolster up its positions by
reference to other papers, which if fairly repre-
seated would be found arrayed against it and
its fallacious arguments. No other paper in the
State has taken the course of the Advocate in
iliis matter. Many‘ of them have spoken on
the subject, but none have urged individual
claims. The Standard has, indeed stated that
Mr. Booth would be the choice of the freeman.
of that vicinity. We are willing to say as much
——that Judge Bisscll, would be the choice of the
wings of this vicinity. The Palladium has named
besides the two gentlemen ofthis county, other:
oflike prominence, such as Hon. J. ‘W. Williams
Hon. C. J. Il‘IcCurd_v, of New London County,
and Messrs. Trumbull, and Brace, of Hartford
county, but wiili great delicacy, left the people 1:
the convention to make a selection. \Ve are not
disposed to chase Br. H. through his long column
lucubrations. Some of his allegations are true,
and some are untrue. The difference between
us is, the propriety of urging, by our State jour-
nals, in advance, the claims of one individual,
while a dogged and oinnious silence is niaimain-
ed towards another. The present case is more
iiividuous and objectionable, owing to the fact,
that Fairfield County claims the privilege of fur-
nishing a candidate for Governor, and she has
two gentlemen, equally fitted, deserving. and
popular, for the office. \Vould it be courteous
and fair for the Gazette and Advocate to go their
death for Biss ll, at our own door, while the
name of Booth is not even alluded to? In our
opinion it would not, and we have the satisfac-
tion to know, that if we are in an error, the whig
journals ofthe State, with scarcely an exception
act upon similar ground, to that occupied by us.
T iimiai. Ant-.1-:sri:n.—Albert J. Tirrel, the
murderer of Mrs. Bickford, in Boston, a short
time since, was arrested oil’ the Balieze, mouth
ofthe Mississippi, on the 5th inst, on board the
ship Sultana, from N. Y., in which he had taken
passage under the name of Wm. Dennis. It
was necessary to call a roll of the passengers in
order to ascertain which Dennis was, and when
his name was called, a good looking man. in a
rough blue pilot-cloth suit, with a glazed cap on
his head, stepped out. ‘Sir,’ said the oflicer, ‘I
want you.’ ‘What for?’ inquired _Dennis.—
‘There is no occasion for any conversvtiou; I
suspect you know,’ replied the officer. ‘Have
you got awarrant?’ inquired Dennis. ‘Yes 3’
was the reply. ‘Let me see it.’ ‘Here it is,I‘
said the officer, producing it and handing it to.
him; ‘are you satisfied 3' ‘Yes.’
On arriving at New Orleans he 'was taken
before the Mayor when he confessed his real
name. He was committed to await the demand
ofthe Governor of Massachcseits.
T/ze 1Ve.7:i'can Indcmm'Iz'es——Santa Anna has
written a letter to ‘Charles Callaghan, of New
York, in which he asserts that the installments
were punciually paid at the time they were due,
by his orde's! There has been some hocus
pocus about the matter, for the r_nQ,I}fi;x has nev-
er reached this country, " "
00 ‘be vote admitting Texas into the Union,
in the House on Tuesday the 16th, the Delega-
;iion froign, this State were found where they
should. be. among the nays.
_
Cheap Postage.-:The New York Evening
Post, in some l,'t.‘t_n.al’l(S on that part of the Presi-
derit’s Message which refers to postage says;
“Any attempt go raise the raies__ot? po_st_a e._
whether by changing postage accor,ding' to e
number of pieces of which a letter. is composed;
_oi_- oila_er_.v_i_rise, will be exccdi_ngly oi_ipopul_ar_._
Noni ’ALK GAzi?.'r'i'E.”i-gt
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