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WIIiMSWQTON JIHIIML DEVOTED TO POLITICS, THE MARKETS, AGRICULTURE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INFORMATION. J) AVID FULTON, Editor. GOD, OUR COUNTRY, AND LIBERTY. TEK.TIS : 83 SO In VOL. 2. NO. 21. WI&ttHNGTON JOURNAL: PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, BY PRICE 3c FULTOtf. Pbofkiktobs. TERMS Two Dollars and fifty cents it paid in advance. 3 OQ at the end of three months. No pip" discontinued until all arrearages are oaid except at the option of the publishers. No iubcription received for less than twelve months. TO CLUBS OF Five new subscribers, to one address, $11 00 M t - o n An Ten, do. do. ao. v Twenty, do. do. do. 38 00 Ao attention paid to any order unless the money accompanies it. We will pay the postage on letters containing Five Dollars and upwards, and money may be re mitted through the mail at our risk. The Post masters certificate of such remittance shall be a 3u fhcient receipt therefor. ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at one dollar per square of 16 lines ot les-, for the first, and twenty-five cents for each succeeding insertion. 25 per cent will be deduc red from an advertising bill when it amounts to thirty dollars in any one year. V'karlt standing advertisements will be inserted at $10 per square. All legal advertisements charged 25 per cent higher. , . rf It the numorr on the advertisement, they will he cunt nuea untit , ordered out, ami charged ior accorumiv. i r i: I.. Tliftters to the proprietors on business con nected with this establishment, must be post paid, and directed to the firm. OFFICE on the south-cast corner of Front and Princess streets, opposite the Bank of the State. y n x Y: x r OP EVEK Y DESCRIPTION, Neatly executed and with despatch. liberal terms for cash, at the JOURNAL OFFICE. on WILMINGTON, N. C. mANTUA-MAKING. yrfiRS. PRICE would inform the ladies of V XlL mington and its vicinity, that she will rrutp work in ike above line, on reasonable tei ladies of Wil- ex- ms, ! Residence over the JOURNAL Or t lor,, Novcmbi r 7, 1 8 lo XL XZ-XiTilS CO., mmmw mmm, WILMINGTON N. C. OlXfcil&SPjE: & EiOBESOS Continue the AGENCY business, and will make liberal advances on consignments of Lnraber, Naval Stoi-ts. fcc &c. Y;iminrton. Ausnst Tst, 1815. The Oltserver and the North Carolinian, Fay- i etteviile, will copy sis months and forward accounts j to this office. ! JToAis 8. ltichards, V ( M Jl IfeSIOW IfEE 3 A XT, AND GEXEitAL U:T, Jfllmington, N. C. Respectfully refers to Messrs. .1. cc E . Anderson, V vv;i.;nrtAn N. C. R. W. Brown Esu. S Messr Sc Woolsey, Ric A. i '2 V hards, liassett & Ahorn, New York. Richards, Esq. .hllT 41-tf Wholesale and Hcfail MPcater in ffROGEHIES PROVISIONS. Hall 1 Armstrong's Wlrarf, Wiiiuington, N. C. June V.i, 18 39-1 y c U MELIUS VERS, 1-aauufacturer & Jcalcv in EAT AWB CAPS, Wllfl'.Ut AVn BKTAIL, MARKET iTLiEETViimnson, N. C. li E 0 R G E W . DAVIS, Commission and Forwarding 3fERlIANT, I.ONDON" ' WHARF, Wilmington, N. C. Auctioneer & Commission merchant, WILMINGTON, N. C. Liberal advances made on shipments to his friends in New York. September 21. 1844. 1-tf. Wholesale 9 tletetil Druqqist, WILMINGTON, N. C. o m in t ft 5 1 o n -U t r c h a n t , One door So. of Brown Dc Rosselt''s. Waterst. WILMINGTON, N. C. GENERAL AGENT A NO COMMISSION MKRCIia.VT. In the Store next North f the new Custom Mouse. WlLM'NOTON, N. C. ItfSl RAMCE AOAIXST FIRE, IN the "'JETNA INSURANCE COMPa 1 NY," of Hanford. Conn., and the "HOW ARD INSURANCE COMPANY," ofNnw York, long established and approved Compa nies. BROWN & DEROSSET, Ag'ts. July 11, 1845. 43-lf B LASK CHECKS A neat article, for sale at the JOURNAL OFFICE. B LANK WARRANTS for i. h. ua KFUl Ut. VII V JOURNAL OFFICE. ttum and Whiskey. Bbls N. E. Rum, 20 do N. O. Whiakev. 50 Daily expected and for sale bv CARRY & BRYANT J2 THE WAY TO END A COURTSHIP. ROMANCE IN REAL L.IFE. There is quite a little romance connected with a building in Genoa. It was formerly erected and owned by a wealthy man, who was in the habit of visitinga beautiful peasantvhe -i -i ,i t i ... , . in girl in the neighborhood. Pleased with his attention, she cast off, as the ladies are apt to do, the rustic lover she had before encouraged. But although her new admirer was frequent and steady in his habits, he never mentioned the subject of matrimony. Things went on in this way for three years. till one night the gentleman was startled, as he was about leaving the house, by the ab rupt entrance of the two brothers of the inam orata, demanding that he should immediately marry their sistei. They told him that he had visited her for three years, thus keeping away uvue, -u.w.a, a, re..jug v. ...... .i i a, : li u c c I .uaiu.go.Mt.cp. ' j'M was quite long enough for him to make up his mind in, and as he had not dope it, they had concluded to do it for him. This was bringing things to a focus he had not anticipated. For a man of wealth and sta-J tion to marry a poor peasant girl merely be cause he had condesennea to he smitten oy her beauty, was something more than a joke, yet he saw at a glance that there was more meant by these brother's speech than met the fiar n short that bis ebo ee was tn he a mar- stilletlo through his heart. This was reducing things to the simplest terms ; rather too simple for the wealthy admirer. The trembling weeping girl, the bold, reck less brothers, and the embarrassed gentleman, idemption to our natural enemies, the Anglo-A-u. ust have formed a capital group in a peas-; mericans, who know but. too well how to estimate attls s cottage. us at our just value. Let us not be deceived ny ; t is possible these cattle are a distinct race. At length Signor attempted to com- the promised vindication of our rights, so pom- indigenous to America; and the immense skel nromise the matter bv savin ihen was not 1 pously paraded in public speeches and official doc- etons of a species of fossil ox with straight th e lime, nor there the.place to celebrate such cerenionv. besides there was no priest, and ? . . the proper way would be to talk over the sub-ith6 ject toother in the morning. (w"nfhp hmtWr l.anpd hlr and tanned a sliahlly on a side door; it opened, and a priest ! with his noiseless, cat-like tread, entered the circle. " Here is a priest," said the brothers. There was a short interval of silence, when Signor made a slight movement towards the door. Two daggers instantly gleamed before him. He saw that it was all over with him that the three years of courtship were going to amount to something aftei all; and so yield ed with as oood grace as possible, and the nuptials were performed. He immediately placed his wife in a school to be educated, while he in the meantime nought a title. Years passed by, and the ignorant peasant j 2irl emerged mlo the fashionable world an world an accomplished woman. She is now the beau tiful Countess of ! MUFFS AND TEA PARTIES. The St. Louis Reveille tells the following , hansted, and the spirit of nationality which binds laughable tea party incident." Ladies' jthem to the Mexican Republic is well nigh extin m tiffs aie certainly convenient at tea parties : guished. Indeed, when they contrast their pres- Standing one eveninw at the table of a ent destitute situation, the dreadful future which fashionable tea nartv. rrot un in aid of some party, got up charitable institution in our city, I was grad ually pushed along by the fair guests and their beaux, until 1 found myself opposite, not only a magnificent cake, but a most bewitching pair of eyes. I looked across the cake, an; the owner of these orbs shot at me a flash, ! which 1, in my modest admiration, was forced to dodge. The sijn-tl was given, and the company attacked the good things with vigor, hut as for myself, the bright eyed beauty on the opposite was food enough for rue, aru i i 1 commenced t t he rilauces of mtharisiuo my own peepers t hers. She at first laughed, then onte md nt length looked an? I d re off I fiY snrveilance and she 1 ooked pleased ; a gentleman ol my acquaintance having adores I si u in , i i !i 1 1 1 : 1 1 , i 5tM ,t u um nun anu n-ijucs I tort '.ri I nt rrA t,r.t fr. r rrr:rtnA it nnrl I hi'ivi: nil It. i j . l v i . t I ' , I'll" r w uction; ;:u in I o y homnge to the beanty. Tiie gent with her, resigned the beauty to rny care, while he searched for her sister, that they might leave together, and I was left alone to promenade in company with the bright eyes and their owner. "Allow me to carry your muff. " said I, most persuasively, "this room is so warm it must be an incumbrance." "No. no !" said she, in evident alarm, and biting her pretty lip at the same time. "Why,1' thinks I, "she cannot suspect that I wish to steal it," and resolved to convince her of mv honestv. 1 reached for the muff and insistf.i noon Mrrvinrr it. I bnH bold of nup - end and she the other, to which she held most tiahtly; but rny crallantrv triumphed, and P pou ai thi of them up hurriedly, and handed them and the muff to her. The perspiration was rolling down my face in streams, and putting my hand into my coat pocket, I pulled ont my linen cambric handkerchief, when out of its white folds dropped half a chicken ! In my fit of abstraction al ihe table, some wag had carefully rolled it up in my handkerchief, and placed it in my pocket. The cause of my fair partner s contusion at the table was produced by thinking I had seen in her muff the pound cake. She lauohed heartily at my chicken, and we mutually agreed to keep quiet about our extra pickings. Arming Canada. One word in reference to public sentiment here on the war question and I may begin my saying that the many stories afloat in reference to new fortifications and large increase of the army in Canada, are pure fabrications. There are some intention of adding new fortifications at Kingston, and perhaps elsewhere, but as yet neither there nor at any place in Canada, have any prepar ations been made. So also, in jeference to the army : there has been no reinforcement of troops for many months past, and except at the time ot the rebellion, there haa not hpn over two thousand soldiers in the Provinces which is about the whole number now scat tered in the Upper and Lower Canada. Montreal Letter, Jan. 5. Descendants of the Puritans. During the past year the towns of Masachusetts raised for the sup port of common schools, $576,555 02. The sec retary of the loard of education states that the amount raised by towns in various ways, "for common schools, will exceed one dollar, 'a piece for every man, woman and ehild in the state." The people of tie little State of Massachusetts ex pend annually, for the purpose f Education more than a million of dollars. ullincr it from her, out dropped a slice of towns, mere are in mose uepanmenw nuuinc thfl Boston Star, "by d cai-e, lour dough mils, two jumbles, and w , ""Y"" r i ffives out the true juice. It i oranse ! 1 need not say I was horrified at D7 . im ,r "T""?' aie, reau? w "ia,,se kv the crier, dailv, by the ; effect of my gallant effort. I picked part weir a lonai.ty. Ana wna ooes me uomn- r WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, Fron the New-Orleans Picayune. A MEXICAN'S VIEW OF MEXICO. A gentleman has furnished us with a transla tion of an article which he found in a late num ber of' La Voz del Pueblo," a paper published in city of Mexico. It is manifestly a clever per i c .1 i .i i i . formaoce, and, if we do not mistake, there lurks a deeper meaning beneath its plausible ratface than will at first strike the reader. We very gladly give it a place : The pen of Jeremiah could not adequately de scribe the fearful ravages recently committed fey the wild savages on our frontier settlements, Wc have received papers from Saltillo, Montery, Durango and Zacatecas. In these Departments the knife and the firebrand turn entire rivers into rivers of blood and heaps of ashes. There are constantly enacted those frightful tragedies so of ten noticed, so often lamented ; there are felt the - " "7 awful effects of that guilty neglect, that deadly ap- lth . lethargic slumber of our Government a v n shamto e vil zation. to re 2 on. to hu- mamty there the wretched inhabitants pray with imposing looks, but alas! in vain, for a protecting arm to save their wives and daughters from pollu tion and murdei. Year follows year and brings no relief, no respite to the dreadful sacrifice of thousands of human victims. The press of the . Departments is filled with supplications to put a !stop to such atrocities, but they fall on deaf ears; ; me in while, tributes, monopolies & custom-houses ! arc keDt in full force. Curse upon it ! Under ,haf to K., mtnmm,f n.nnL ho cn wrrtrh Li! n ftt i takn. n revisions made bv those in poA-er, indicating that even a passing thought is given to such tribulation T?xns is gone gone forever and beyond re- uments. Our threats are paper threats, as was justly observed by one of the boldest statesman in . . . i . neighboring Republic. Texas, we repeat it, is ,ost to Mexico ! and here we ford to a confession a bitter one indeed. 1 hut Depart- men wrested from us by an act of usurpation j and periidy never betore equalled, win ai once start on a new career of improvement and pros- ; perity safe from savage inroads, arbitrary exac- tlans, unjust prohibitions and monopolies, a fertile soil, will plentifully reward the honest labor of the husbandman, the mechanic arts will flourish, each will have the right to practice, unmolested, the religion which his conscience dictates. Tex as.-bv renouncing her separate sovereicntv, will C3 1 ming 0ftne American Union. The tendency 0f an examnie so Wmeious is clear to all. example so pernicious The numerous towns composing the Depart ments so exposed to the depr edations of the Indi ; ans, have become weary of supplicating in vain ! for protection their power of endurance is ex- awaits them, crushed under the burden ot taxation in every form; in daily dread of savage attacks when they contrast all this with the blessings of safety and plenty, the secure tenure of property, the freedom of trade so essential to develope the resources of a young people, all based upon insti tutions truly republican, it requires no prophet to foretell the consequences. We say it from the bottom of our heart that we feel an indescribable aversion to the Anglo-American race, attributable, no doubt, to the many and unmerited outrages suflered at their hands; ana it ever our country, -inking deeper and deeper, were ! doomed to lose its independence, and we wc:c so unfortunate as to live to witness it, we would j rather see it subject to the Mahomedan yoke, rath or bend our neck under the scimitar of the children !0fishmael than sec the 0; ions stars and stripes wavinrr over our cupoiss. ,1. But it were vain to attempt to stay the destiny : which impels; our beloved country. We see that j ' Texas is not the only loss which threatens the j i Republic. Tamaulnpas, New-Loon, Cenhuila. j 'New Mexico, Chihuthua, Durango, Zacatecas : i and San Luis are threatened with a dreadful end. jit has long since been proposed, as a desperate al-1 I ternative, to establish a Northern Mexican Repub-j lie. The scheme is kept alive, whilst the reasons which gave birth to it are dailv acquiring more weight all hopes of a less deplorable state of things being annihilated. A powerful and saga cious nation, profiting by our dissensions, already stretches out her hand to seize the prize. The example of Texas holds out good prospects of sue ....... . .i cess; and wtiilst the savages are sirewin-; me j ground with the bleeding limbs of our brethren, robbing our women of their honor, and firing our i Brazil and England. The question of the right of search which gave rise to some difhi- cutties between the United States and Great Rrilain baa r;uisfd sonift misunderstand ilicr between the latter country and Brazil. An act of the British parliament of August last, declares orazuian vessels, engagu iu me slave trade, amenable to the high court of ad- mtntin onri i on,, cinrt pvprv rnnrt of viftft ad- i .- I I ! IIHIUIl T l It I J j unu -- T - - - - mirahy within the British dominions. Against this act the government of Brazil protests. A Rio paper, the Journul de Cuntercio of Octo ber 29, contains the official protests of the minister of foieign affairs. By a former treaty between Great Britain and Brazil it was provided that the slave trade i cease to be, as heretoiore a country ot outlaws, and j r became a pari of a powerful nation, whoso grow- P, Doug as, while on a tour in one of those ing prosperity will shed its beneficent influence I wlands, V11,0 one ,f, l,he,f P1!5' ,an? ,wa3 over the new territorv. Such is the destinv of gored to death by a wild bull, who had been tw Dpnorimni vrp-tfmm nil Ami now for- been thus entrapped. Several attempts have . I . 1. " A. . I . A. . I quences arc obvious. should be deemed piracy, the right of search j You need another sign, Mr. bhoeraaker. was given for its suppression, and mixed com- j "That's a fact, 1 did not think of it before, missions were authorized for adjudicating all ! "Go then the first thing, and get an adver cases arising under this treaty. But the trea- j tisemcnt in your newspaper. Tell the people ty was to last fifteen years and no longer. It where you are, and what you are about, and expired in March last and has not been renew- what varieties of boots and shoes you keep ed. Yet the British rrovernment by its recent ; for sale, and that you will be glad to see them, law claims and exercises rights over the ships Thus instead of barely notifying those who and seamen of Brazil, which are derogatory pass along by your shop, you will inform the to the independence of the latter country, and people all around not only those who pas which England cannot now hold save by i the other streets, but the farmers and their usurpation. The Brazilian minister argues the matter at some length, and concludes by declaring that the act of the British parliament "is opposea tr, tKo mrt rdpar and positive nrincinles of th law of nations a-nd is an infringement of - " ' - C th sfWATPicrntv and indenendence of Brazil as well as those of other nations." He further Cabinet Makers; Saddle and Harness Makers, declares that Brazil will not recognise any of j &c, you've all got your shingles over your the consequences of the above mentioned act! doors, asthoogh that would nt:ly every bo except as the result of force and violence; for j dy in creation. Had you not better try a sign winch satisfaction will be demanded. It is I in a newspaper, as well as neighbor sboewa- jad-ded that this protest against the usurpation of England will not prevent the Brazilian government from devoting its most strenuous efforts to the suppression of the slave trade. Bait. American. The wild cattle of Texas. Vf find the fol lowing article, in relation to the wild cattle of Texas, in a recent number of the Houston Telegraph.- The settlers who have recently opened farms near the sources of the San Gabriel and Brushy, find the country well stocked with a singular breed of wild cattle. Large droves of these cattle are found not only cn the San Gabriel, Leona, and other tributaries of Little River, but also on the San Saba, the Llano, and many tributaries f the Upper Colorado, far above the settlements. They differ in form, color, and habits from all the varieties of domestic cattle in Texas. They are inva riably of a dark brown color, with a slight tinge of dusky yellow on the tip of the nose and the belly. Their horns are remarkably large, and stand out straight from the head. Although these cattle are generally much lar ger than domestic cattle, they are more fleet and nimble, and when pursued, often outstrip horses that easily outrun the Buffalo; they sel dom venture far c ut into the prairies, but are ge nerally found in or near the forest that skirt the streams in that section. Their meat is of an ex cellent flavor, and is preferred by the settlers to the meat of the domestic cattle. It is said that their fat is so hard and compact that it will not melt in the hottest days of summer; and the candles formed with it are far superior to those that are formed with the tallow of oth er cattle. Some persons have supposed that . . ' . ... horns, that, are olten tound in the beds ot the Brazos and Colorado, would seem to strength en this opinion. But as these cattle are now found only in the vicinity of the old Missions, I it is much more propnble that they are the de- sccn(fants 0f ,ne catte introduced by the early g -gh adventurers. It is said that a species f , , , dilferino- from all the domestic , . f . Kastern continent, is found in the Sandwich islands; but it is well ascertain ed that this breed is derived from the domes tic cattle that were left on those islands by Vancouver. These cattle are so wild that thev can only be caught alive by entrapping been made by settlers on the San Gabriel to domesticate the wild cattle in that section, but they have thus far been unsuccessful. As they are far superior to the domestic cattle of the country, not only in size, strength, and agility, but also in the flavor of their meat and the density ot their fat, they might, if once domesticated, become a valuable acquisi tion to the agriculturists of this country." The Solid Ten Thousand. In looking over the Tenth edition of the "Rich men ofNew York," says the New York Mirror, we notice that nearly all those who have attained to what Carlyle calls "Gig Respectability" by the aid of their own efibrts, are sons of New England, who came to the city poor boys, and icorhed their way up. Among ihe rich men, Augustus Cavenna, hair-dresser, is Dut down, ox out up rather, at $ 100,000. This j is cutting and shaving to some purpose. M. Y. i Kenh m mihiishcr. estimates himself at 300.009. givps ennctt $150,000. The richest man in , t- , t Jnh rnroh Astor. It contains the fol- owinc notice of the extent of" his wealth : "Those knowing bis affairs best placing it at $30,000,000, and some as high even as 550,000, 000. His income, on a moderate estimate, must be '2,000,000 a year, or $166,000 a month, which is about 41,500 a week ; 5,760 a day, 240 an hour, and $4 a minute. Mr. Astor h-.is made a donation of $350,000 for a library in this city, the interest of which is to be expended in employing avnta tn imrrhrsp books and iii the erection of a building. Mr. Cogswell, late editor of the New York Review is the ascnt and librarian. Mr. As - lor has two sons, YVm. 13., and one who has been imbecile, from his birth; one of his daughters be - came the Countess of Rumpfl', and lately deceased at Paris, another (deceased) was married to a Mr. Bristed, an Englishman, author of a work on the Resources of America, and now a clergyman at Bristol, R. I. A grandson Charles Bristed, is at Cambridge, England." John Jacob Astor beat skins in Uold street in early life." A Solemn Truth. "The following," says some one unknown, should be read loudest sound of his it Sign in the Newspaper. "Neighbor shoe maker! I see you have a fine stock of boots, bootees and shoes on hand all sorts, sizes and qualities cowhide, caltskin, supernne ana extra ... ... . . . j superfine. You wish to sell them 1 suppose! ! "Yes." "I perceive you have got a shingle over the ! door with the words 'Boot and Shoe Store m - ! ..ik.J ikanAn 'I hat I nrPrilltlVP IS lC 111 (irm i mucu -! - i j the public of your occupation, and to invite them to oivc vcu a call ! "Yes." "Well, some few of those who pass along this street will doubtless notice your sign, and perhaps come in and trade with you, perhaps not. But a great many people will traverse the other streets of the city, who will not see your sign, and they may be in want of shoes too. tamilies away back on tne nuis uie lauies, mechanics, and workingmen of the other towns and hundreds of others; and my word for it, one such sign in the newspaper will ho worth i a dozen over your door. "1 01UJ, J II HJ Ik UCluto hum i vt.ij uiui.ii And you Messrs Hatters, Tailors, Tinmen, kcr 1846. From the Cincinnati Chronicle. HOGS PACKED IN THE WEST. We have annually given our view of the number of Hogs packed, and the prospect of the provision trade at the close of the year. We shall do so now ; although this article is only preliminary tn a full statement hereafiet of that important branch of trade. Having arrived at the 15th of January, there is a good deal of anxiety felt hy merchants in the provision business to know how the re sults of the hog packing will stand. The ex act results cannot be ascertained, but an ap proximation may be had. borne persons have put forth an exaggera ted statement of the number of hogs packed in the West, and others have underrated them as much. The truth lies between. The num ber packed is greater than it was last season, but not greater taking the United States to getherthan mightreas0nably, be anticipated. We say reasonably, because it was most un reasonable to suppose there would not be an increase, and a decided increase this year, over the last very scarce season. However, our readers want only aefs, and what we will give them, the result in some of the leading packing places. In Cincinnati, the great variation is in the large number of hogs brought from Kentucky. This we can show, precisely. From Kentucky in 1844 5, " " 14 18456, 45,000 125,000 Increase, 80,000 Some persons suppose that this increase is only so much deducted from the number driv en South by the Cumberland Gap and other roads. To some extent this is true; but not altogether. The number of hogs fatted the last autumn in Kontucky, there is reason to believe, was really larger than the yearbefore. The total number packed this year at Cin cinnati will not be under two hundred and eighty thousand the largest number ever pack ed in one year, at this place. The comparison for Cincinnati and Louis ville, for the past season will stand, thus, nearly : 1843-4 1844-5 19G,000 42,000 1845-6 280,000 100,000 Cincinnati Louisville, 210,000 68,000 Total, 308,000 238,000 380,000 It will also be observed that the season is not quite closed, although very nearly. It is said, that other places have not increas ed in the same proportion some probably not at all. This is true. But, on the other hand, it is already known that there has been an in crease in some places. We shall not guess how the final results of other places will stand: but in the meanwhile refer to the following facts : Deficit last year in 62 packing points, 340,730 Increase on last year, in Cincinnati and Louisville, 3 142,000 These facts go, so far, to show that the gen eral result will very closely approximate that of 18434. The Markets, however, are governed not by this fact only; but by the stock on hand, the Foreign demand, and the state of the Cur rency. These are matters which belong strict ly So the calculations of a Merchant. We here state only the Statistics of Production bo far as they are known. From the N. Y. Evening Post THE PRESENT STATE OF THE OR EGON QUESTION. The proposition to give the notice which terminates, at the end of a twelvemonth, the convention allowing Britain to occupy the Or egon territory jointly with the United States, has met with a much more favorable reception beyond the Atlantic than it has met in certain quarters here. The late news from England fully confirms, if confirmation were, needed. the wisdom of the proposition. W e were told that to give the notice was the same thing as to declare war. It i.s a war measure, said the whigs, whose rule is that ' whatever the administration propose must be ! wrong. We had better give up Oregon alto- !gether. said the timid commercial men of the Atlantic cities, trembling for the fate of their j goodly argosies. Let us rather do nothing at j all, said certain politicians at the south, who I do not share the western enthusiasm for the possession of Oregon, and who are aware that their own quarter of the Union is likely to suffer most from a war. Wait till we hear from England, said they all, and you will be convinced that the whole British nation will regard the notice as an act of hostility, and will make immediate preparations to pounce upon our commerce and invade out coast. We have heard from England, and learn that neither the British people nor the Brit- j ish government regard the proposition to ter minate the convention as an unfriendly mea sure. They seem on the whole to take a ve ry sensible view of the matter. The notice is contemplated they admit, by the very terms of the convention, whenever it may be conve j njent for either nation to terminate the joint j occupancy. They admit, so at least we may fairly infer from the language of their journals, that the moment is arrived when the interest of the United States requires that the joint oc cupancy should cease, and the question of ti tle to the territory be settled. The notice creates new motives and reasons for an ad justment of the controversy let us therefore, J W la 4 '' ' " i i says John cull, uegin to consider upon wnat conditions we can afford to adjust it. This seems to be the temper of the British nation and the British government in regard to the Oregon question. It is our wisdom to take advantage of it. One of the reasons why the" whigs could not form a ministry, was the dislike in which a large number of those up on whom that ministry relied for support, hold the foreign policy cf Lord Palmerston, and among the peculiarities of that policy is a dis position to deal illiber .lly with the United States. We have every reason to believe that not only is the time for an advantageous set tlement of this question arrived, so far as our convenience is concerned, but also in regard to the disposition of the British government that circumstances are ripe for giving the notice, terminating the convention and pres sing the controversy to its close. What shall we gain by delaying to give the notice ? The emigrants from the United States will at first principally occopy the re gion south of the Columbia river the Hud son's Bay Company wtH seek to strengthen its oorts on the navigable waters north of thai ir.er. It the tjvo naaens Joe in anv deoree WHOLE NO. 73. intermixed, there will be a perpetual dashing between the laws of the United States and tbp laws of Great Britain, the citizens of each claiming to he amenable only to the tribunal of their respective countries. When the At merlean colony shall have grown strong, a it very soon will, it will not confine itself to the southern portion of the territory it will claim a right to settle on the maritime por tions. Jealousies already exist between them and the Hudson's Bay Company, bat nearer neighborhood and clashing interests and juris dictions are, wanting to convert them into con flicts of force. The true peace measures are those which anticipate this state of things. and make it the immediate interest of both na tions to agiee on the boundary between their possessions. "WHO IS JAMES K. POLK." Extract of a letter dated Paris, January 5, 1846 : "All Europe have found ont who James K. Polk is, and none can answer that questioa now more fully than Mr. Balance-of-power Goixot. The message baa created a unlver s 1 excitement against the government of Louis Phillippe, and the French people apprehend that Guizot has, by his foolish policy, united the interests of England and America ; ihat France is to be shut out of America in conse quence of her odious theory of a balance of power' there. To save Guizot, it is under stood that the British Ministry have importu ned to insert the balance of power' in the Queen's speech. But will they 1 Looking at their present advantageous position, the friendly views of the British press growing out of Mr. Polk's views of commercial policy, and the interest England has in cultivating intimate relationship with America, Sir Robert Peel's Ministry would be great fools to injure themselves by bolstering Guizot in his absurd position. The transfer of American commer cial friendship from France to England will open a new era upon the States, by directing English emigration to the new States emi grants who can speak the language and entei into the enterprises of the day as soon as they re: ch the shores. All are wanted in Algeria, where he has opened a new and fruitful coun try to his people, at their own doors. " For Africa !" is now :he cry of the French emi grant, while every means is being used to ery down America. France is aiming at all north ern Africa, Egypt included, and her colonies may yet embrace the Holy Lnnd, as well as the Suez route to India and China. England sees it, but she sees too that the seal if Em" pire is going away from this continent; that steam is to revolutionize the trade of the world; that America is to be the centre of the India and China trade, as well as the trade of Eu rope, before another half centnry has expired; that her kindred in America have the keys to the world's treasure, and that without their support and friendship, her carter of power must terminate within a hundred years. To accomplish this to secure special privileges and favors from America, England will wil lingly revolutionize the whole policy, foreign and domestic" Counterfeit Coin. Our attention was called yesterday to a counterfeit silver coin, which, if the public is not put on their guard, will be likely to obtain general circulation. It is a twenty-five cent piece of American coinage, dated 1843, and so perfect is the deception that in several experi ments made with individuals, who came into our office, the baser was taken fur the better coin. This fraud will be likely to operate prejudicial 'y on the poorer class, and we therefore caution our fcllow-citirens to sound their silver change, as we candidly confess that we could not distinguish, the false from the genuine by any other test. Charleston Courier. Grinding Hjrse Food. The London Agricul tural (Jazu'.tc states that two horses, every way equal, were allowed each five pounds of oats daily, and enough hay, amounting to shout 17 pounds ' per dav. For one horse the oats were crushed. ; for the other, not : 100 parts of the dung of each ; horse were examined chemically on the fourth oay : tnat irom tiie norsc ieu on crusneu oats con tained no nutritive matter, but merely woody fibre, mixed with secretions and sails. In that from the other horse, one quarter per cent, of nutritive matter, consisting of starch and gluten, was found arising from the inability of the horse to per form perfect mastication, and which moat vary with age and rapidity of feeding. .No difference was found in the dung from choped and unchoped hay, though the ease of eating the latter, and con sequently greater rest obtained, was a decided ad vantage. An Extensive Affray. At a ball in Frankfort the other evening, a young gentleman, it is said, took an Undue liberty with a pretty la dy's pretty ringlet. The lady made her com plaint to tho gentleman with whom she was dancing. Thereupon, the last named gent'e man knocked the first named gentleman down in the ball-room. The fight extended until as we are told, fifteen or twenty persons were engaged in it. Fists, pistols, and knives of all sorts were flourished, and somebtood spilt, though nobody was kilted. Two of the per sons who took part in me anair, nave since arrived here, with the intention of settling their quarrel on the Indiana shore. It is 83id that ah English officer sojourn ing for a short time at Frankfort, was remark ing, on the day before the affray, that he had heard much of Kentuckey rowsj" and) that it was his most anxious desire to see one; When the hall-room fighi got weJI under Way a gentleman who had heard the expressed wish of the officer, ran to his rooth etrti told him what was going on. The officer ran to the ball-room, but the moment he entered the door, a tremendous stray fist knocked him down He scrambled up and ensconced him self in a corner where he thought he could look on in security. He had not been there many minutes however, 'before a bigfellowr mistaking htm for another, rushed at 7u$ claimibg "This is the very scoundrel fbavo ibeen looking for." The Officer darted lite lightning from the room ana, strange u say, he has not been heard to express the slightest curiosity to see a Kentucky row, Louisville Journal. Pure Sentiment. "The maiden wept, and I said, 'Why weepest thou, maiden ?' She answer ed not, neither did she speak, but sobbed exceed ingly ; artd I again said, 'Maiden, why Weepest thoe V Still she continued weeding ; en4 a third time I raieed my voice, and said, '-Maiden why weepest thcu r ar.d she answered and said, hat that to ;ou Mind cur n . A
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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