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- 'M, ARBITRATION. ; ;;. (V'...v
Tie Union and othr administration
. .'opapers fcbor, without fven the show of
plausibility, to raaki if app ar that the Whig
' leaders rs united w't'i the British rain is
let in plot 10 settle the Oregon question
by arbitration! As welt might the" Demo
crats be charge! with, entering into a
league with the British government in a
o'ot to 'reduce the Tariff, became the
peeehea and resolutions of tl"e Democrats
and area the Message of the Presi
dent, recommend "its reduction, while the
British Oorernraent and English wauufac
tarers aie moving heaven and earth to
to effect the tame object.
T he ridicnlous charge it handsomely
"answered by the Richmond Whig, in the
following language:
, i A HORRIBLE PLQTi
GUY PAWKES OUTDONE!
l he Editor of the Union, after being a
longtmt submerged beneath a ponderous
Erenure of Congressional declamation,
as come at last to the surface, much to
the relief of hit friendsytashing the- wfcols
ocean into a foam, io the mad excitement
of his deliverance,, and spoutiig out a
tremendous torrent of mingled wrath and
patriotism. Willi he keen sagaci'y and
iauhl-ws scent fur which the Union it on
rivalled, it has discovered a Portentous
I'Jotfona.djby ihe Whig J.adera . against
. the peitee -an i honour of th Government
of tlie United State.' It prefaces this ns
founding niitflligence with a single sen
tence of oeariy half a. column in length,
after wkich. a- might aat uraUy be ex pec
1ed;"it "farrly passes lor breath, and the
remdetrwiHrpaBse -wiih-i r concentrating
bis energies and jttrding np the luioasf his
inindto sustain the appalliug shock which
the gathering cloud upon his defenceless
head. :
This plot, this lie'l'sh coaspirany, this
most i(kiiious design, what is ill Per
chance the reader supposes it to be a new
" application wf the veritable gun powder
Ireason, and that the abominable Whigs
have craftily prepared a mine beneath the
bue.ueot of. the Capitol; intending at s me
unguarded moment, perchance when the
eloquent Allen, in one house, is arousing
the galleries with u s Words of fire, or Mc
CuaneJUa ik pihw, wishing, alljtwuts
withgorflfm
sparkliug wit,' then to 'apply tn "torch to 1
f the train, ana blow up siatcsmea, orators,
'diplomatists and patriots, in One blazing
:il column of re and: dcsolatiqa la Heaven.
Yetliis-i-4ot lb pl'4r There is-s
lower deep profound" beneath even this
Serbonian Hog." This "lower deep,'
ays the Union, "is that scheme already
doomed to wide and lasiing eelebiity under
the nam of tbt Arbitration Ptew--
That ihea is ill In all its ghnslly hoj-.
ror, its hidooua deformity, this revolting
conspiracy now stands revealedl .The
blood freezes at this terrific disclosure? the
hair stand erect "like quills upon the fret,
ful porcupine," the heart stops for a
moment its- restless" lid6. AVr pause for
brenth. "Angel and ministers of grace
defend us!" The Whus ar in favor of
Arbitration! I'he Union says, "shall
more Uciaid?" : Why, no. - Certainly not.
That is enough. Surely there are limits
- te-bflfc depiatyl i
And yrt the Union gives us even. more.
. It descends from this "lower deeps" into
an abyss so black and nnrtbomablef that
we shudder to look down. We involun
tarfly Urt back from the verge of the
" precipice and wi'b awe struck hearts listen
to the solemn notes of the organ" pealing
in the midnight dodtness below.
Yes,' say thevoiori,' one fact re.
mains . Hear iu people of 4nicrica!"
TtWs preciaua scheme was pushed on un
der tbt auspices "of James Watson W ebb,
f who New York Courier and EnquirerT
'Comment muit stop short on such an
announcement. Sir Jsma Mackintosh
called some bt the proceedings of the com
mittees, which governed France in 'the
reign of ivxxot,Jartkid horrort." " What
would the philosopher hae said to a re.
Tolling force like this, so encouraged to
parade itself in ibe high places of Amer
icuJ!, We know not. It is impossible to
imagins what the philosopher wuld have
:. j. jj jjjj-infsrmej ih ar A-
mericm trentleman, by the name of Webb.
. mbeat fire foct ten inches in height, fond of
. good living, and ol a quite convivial dis
position, residing in the city of New York,
" and connected with, therditilir press,--was
in favor joI Arbitration Bucn an asioon
ding fact, j hastily communicated, might
hare struck the h l"epbr dumb, and
":riheo,i;be
perhaps, ho might not .have credited the
report; or, if he had, he might have e-
claimedTwith;-rnrtherwlbraie3-pher,
Samuel Weller,: "veil, vol of ill"
Farcical borrow," indeed! :'r What would
Sir James hsve said of tke article in the
IToianT - T ' ' ' .' '
Now, for one, w ore qmlO wP.Iing that
. . the Whig partjr should be branded with
the olot eitrlouted to their leaders by (he
Union... Our tills to the whole territory of
Oregon is not and never Ms pern undis
puled It has loug .been the subjct of
ogotia(ion between the lintrth ana A.raer
ican U.ivernm . nts. . And how -te tb con
troversy to be decidedf. Is n t arbitntion,
4 i the form nromised by M r. . Pakenhanw
' tbo arbitrators to he composed of dinlin-
truubed tivillmns.-a fai' and reasonable
when a'l neeo'iatioH fails! , if our
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n.-iirWKr amf himself held joint possession
sii.mia rciuse n propesu
ou-stiiin of right to a rn-nee or a tns
! l ir. anon the crounl that he was
airajJ .he jur. ouTd $ive. njerdict a
tide perlecily clear tou manKina, sure
W there i nxW,$ ettf fromsooh an
uui uiago. , What ili'Vuld . we think of'ah
indiViduuC wlio for the first; lime laying
lni to th. ivho'e ef a farm of which a
fainst him? .Then again, after arbitration
there seems but one al ernative, war.
Suppose that alternative be adopted with
all its horrors, yet that will not give us
Oregon, and at last, when war is ended.
we shall have to come to a compromise in
regard to the disputed territory. Why
not make that compromise at first, even if
it be effected by arb tration, and save mil
lions of treasure and hand reds of thousands
of valuable HvesTWhat kind of a Govern
ment is this, under which the dictates of
common sense are regarded as high trea
son, and an effort in behalf of humanity
and civilization is branded ss an infamous
plot against the character and prosperity
of the Adroiu stration! - Whig.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Patriot ("Potomac") relates the
following incident:
' An incident occurred in the Ilnnse of
Representatives a few days sgo, well worth
recording.., Mr. C J.; IngetsoJI ami Mr.
John Qnincy Adams, as is generally known,
have been anything but warm personal
Irknds for yeais past. The other dsy.
however, Mr. Ingersull was seen at Mr.
Adams' desk, and ihe two venerable gen
tlemen were . conversing together in the
most couiteoiis and friendly manner. After
Mr. fiigersoll had repaired to his own seat,
a member observed to Mr. Adams that he
had been pleaded in witnessing the meeting
between PiUie and Herod! Mr. Adams
than ted the genMeman for the remark, snd
then observed that, just before the downfall
of Murk Antony, Gicero made friends with
several of the Roman Tribunes With whom
he had been on terms of bitter enmity for
year. His friends charged him with in
eonistency f Whereupon Cicero replied,
"1 disire that my tn mtitt may be teniio
Wtjijnyfritnilttiipi eternal." , ,
The ruins of pompeii.
" Tfie rono wfng description of this buried
city, is a passage from a book now in press,
entitled "Over the Orean, or Glimpses of
Travel in Many Lands," by a Lady of New
York:
"1 think t cannot do better than give
you an acconnt of a day spent at Pompeii.
Tlie excavations at Uerculaneuru require so
much time, labor and expense, that a long
time will elapse before much will be accom
plished, w' ile Pompeii, being covered only
with ashes, has a great portion of it air-ad-
y disinterred. You walk through quite a
city bT ruTiied 'ni'Tt69kia"'VS9mgiyon''
their houses, their fine open couit-ysrds.
with cisterns at the corners, and reservoirs
for fish in tlie centre of esch, and their nu
rneroiis .Jarge. and commodious baths coa.
sidered no. only a luxury, bat a necessity.
then the beautiful Irexroes of the walls.
the colors still fresh and ths figures distinct,
which embellished every room; the niches
for statues that ornamented many, sud the
fine mosaics forming the beautiful pavs
metiis ofthettiwer apartment; these, with
the gardens beautified with terrscis, foun
tains, reservoirs and marble- ornaments,
especially those at lacled to the villas of
Cicero, Sallust, snd the rich Dipmedet,
attest ihe luxury of these weufthy cities, as
tbe magnificent temples, (lit splendid mon
uments, and the fountains at the corner of
every streeti give evidence of the splendor
and elegance of the city which they inhab"
!ea. ve apeui some ove hours in walk
ng jhroiign these ancient dwell jigs and
streets. In the latter, may still be seen the
marks worn by the wheels which roiled
over them near eighteen hundred years sgo.
A I intervals are rsiseu stones Tor Die conven
ience of foot-passengers in crossing. v. It is
etiritras to see in the collection of the muse
um at Naples, taken from this entombed
city, how many things of every day us
they hid, to which those of the present
time bear close resemblance; many, too.
(hat have been no'tsldered modern inveo'
tions. 1
How wonderful is it to look upon thines
which formed part of the household furni
tore of beings who had their existence cen
turies ago things that were necessary to
their ordinary every -day life; objects which
made a "part ol their domestic comforts;
beautiful creation conliibuting to their en
joyments and, delight so many things
iho l essential to actual or ideal happiness.
Hern you Walk past the dwellings of these
who lived, with its riemher to distingnish
it aiid'perhiips "a name and some simple
insignia denoting the handicraft wf the oc
cupant, be. oi the grindstone mid hopper
of the miller, there the oven of the baker
in one the study of the poet, in another the
ydio f the artut; while .all are. decorated
with be util'ul imagining of the painter and
the sculptor. Extending your walk beyond
the gptes of the city, vou see the kind pro-'
vision Tor belated and benighted travellers
an iviug too late Ho enter, in the largf eara
1 a:iserv erected just without tbe wall.
And alonf the wayiside, on " either" hand.
denoting the dwelling of their dead,, sre
monuments, vaults, and tablets, with-mem
orial inreriptions, written by' those "who
lived and loved. A little beyond the pre
cincts of die exhumed city, you Saend a
high mound, where, still hidden, as it were,
ia the bowels uf the earth, lie -tmieresled
vt. other mysteries of the age in which
they were engu' plied. ! (low imposing and
aweinvpiring ate the -cenes hr present
ei! , Mysterious and awful are the convul
sions -of nature strange and wonderful in
their fl'ects! .What a . field does Nsples
afford -to the geologist, naturalist, sjmI minrr
alogist! On one of the promontories of its
bay, one point of iu crescent, are two eones
one probably the cra'er of a volcano now
extinct. Between this and the .present ac
tive cra'er, Vesuvius; is a valley. , On the
side, snd Jaie of both are -nettling" beautiful
t illages, the soil ef their fruitful - vineyards
warmed by the slumbering fires beneath.-
Msnv of them are planted on the site of
some long buried village, once fair and love
Irss themselves, snd nearly, all of which
Hiave suffered nwra or lets from iheir near
have suffered nun or less from their near
net to this jjreat safetj-valva 6f tho earth"
THRILLING INCIDENT.
We have the following from a source of
the highest respectability, and are allow
ed to publith it as a solemn warning to
such as, on any subject, trifle with the
clear dictatr s of conscience.
There was lately lining in the county of
Amherst, Virginia, not lar from' Lynch
burg, a ktaik-siniih, who w,s well off in
the world, sndadecmt sort of man in
his way, except that he would now and
then drink too much. Not long since he
went to a temperance meeting held in
his neighborhood, being quite sober at the
time, ami listened to a very stirring ad
dress; when the appeal, warmly sec
onded by the advice and entrea'y of some
of his friends, so wronght apn him, that
his conscience was aroue I, and he felt
that he must either fly from this place of
trial, or yield to the force of truth- He
hesitated for a moment which alternative
to adopt) but his evil genius prevailed,
aid stifling his con victons, he tore himself
away from the spot; and coming to a grog
shop on his way hom, he there furnished
himself with s bottle of whiskey But
ashamed to carry it to his hoase, he
resolved to hide it in some plsce, where
he might retort to it without being teen.
He went accordingly into the stable,
but coal (I find no hole or corner there
safe enough for his purpose. At last he
thought of a pile of stones behind the
building, which seemed to offer a snug
hiding place for his treasure, and was in
the act of opening a apot among them for
the bottle, when a rattle snake concealed
in the pile, struck its deadly fangs into
hit band thus terminating his Hie in a
few hours! Ia the agony of h s sufferings
the wretched man, as a warning to others,
made a Full confession of the circumstan
cr, and died deeply deploring- his guilt
and Rdly in not yielding to his convictions
at the meeting. This niaiTwas not worse
than other sinner. And the kind admo
nition of Heaven to all is, "He that
being often repived, hsrdeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed aid that with
out remedy?'' 7?icA. Christ. Adv.
MONTHLY MAIL TO OREGON.
Oliver Oldschuol" writing to the
U. S. Gazette on the 4th inst, says:
I understand the Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads, of the Senate
have agreed to report in lavor of establish
ing a monthly mail between Westport,
the westernmost town in M issouri to Ore-S-on
eity.. .The distance by the travelled
road is a little over two thousand miles.
Offers to carrv ihe mail have been made
at low rate. Should a regular comma
nicatton be that established between the
Atlantic States and Oregon it will add
another inducement for pioneen to seek
that country, now the only 'far west on
this countincne There is a strong dis
position prevailing among msny members
to spproprute the proceeds ot the public
land for several years, to the building
of a railroad to run from a suitable point
upon the West bank of th Misstslppi
river to Oregon, Such a road would do
more towards conquering the country
than all the armed troops we could send
there. The road would pass through and
bring into market an exteniive country
of rich soil which would probably, other
wise remain a range for Buffaloes, for fifty
or sixty years to come, t refer to the
extensive prairie country west uf the ter
ritory of tows, over which the Sioux Irf
dians now rove in pursuit of garnet ft is
believed that population eold advance
on the route ol the road as rapidly as the
Wnrk Itself would be constructed and if it
were poshed on it is believed that militr fa
pos's would be established all along its
line to prevent any depredations of mali
cious mischief by the Indians.
American Colonization Soticly.
It appears from the following (extract
from the Dsltimnre Republican) that this
society bare passed resolutions having an
important bearing upon the government
of Liberia;
me win annual meeting or this
society wss held in Washington city on
the 20th of January last and the proceed
ings appear in the National Intelligence
of yesterday. Amon? other business
transacted, we find the following retolu
tions, which were adoptedr: : ' I
. Bttolvtd, That in the opinion of tliia
Board the time has arrived when it it et
pedient for the people of the common
wealth or Liberia to take into inetr own
hands the whole work of self government
including the management el their foreign
relation, and that this society should
cease to exercise sny part of the ssme.
Rttolttd, That we recommend to them
so lo amend their constitution as is neces-ary-for
the accomplishment of this object.
Rttolwd, That ...at.. recommend to them
to publish to the world a declaration of
their true character, aa asovereign and in
dependent ststev -
It sppesrs from the report submitted
that the Him Daniel Walde defeated.
subscribed tlOOO for the purchase f terri-
torTand hns left by will f 10,000 to lhe ocj
itvtKliaabeth Walde.hls sltcf.su'bscribel4
1000 and has msde the society one of
her residuary legatees, from which source
it will ultimately receive tlS.OOO, and
Olive Smith. Ksq. of Hatfield, Massachu
setts, Bbcribed $1000, and hstdepueath
ed f 10,000 to the society.
We see that the Atabvus Ijeislutare haa
made a half, way step towards rtvilizsM'rtt,
hv nassinff an act which provide! that the
property of which a w4fe is possessed at tha
timejot her marriag. shall not be liable for
the husband's debts contracted by ' him
previont to i msrriag and slso provides
that the husband thall not be Habit for
lb iar.neat of Hie ' debts cotracted
debts cotracted by
th -ita . twfVion to marfiat?. except to
"p f " o w a
I lar at ne tame can u paiu 07 me j vp.
lrt l the. wile, -
SUPREME COURT."
The Arg-imenis of Counsel have cloted
before thit Tribunal. The following
Opinions have been dilivcred . since our
Isst:
By Ruffin.C. J. In Horton v. Horton
inequity from Chatham, directing a decree
for the Plaintiff.
AUoin Hawkins r. Alston, in Equity from
Warren, decree for rtaiuliffand reference
to the iVsster.
AUo in Sta'e v Duncan, from Iredell
directing a rent're dt novo.
Also in Uiddick v. Jones,' from Camden
affirming the judgment b-low.
By Daniel, J., io - Collins ti Roberts
v Roberts, from Lincoln, reversing the
judgment below.
Also, in Doe ex dcm. Borden v.
Thomas, from Carteret, affirming the
judgment below.
Also in State v. Shu ford, from Cald
well, reversing the judgment below.
., By Nssh, J. in Roberts c. Collins from
Lincoln, affirming tbe judgment below,
Also, in Doe ex dem. Clarke v. Diggs,
from Anson, reversing the judgment below
and awarding a venire de novo.
Also in the State r Nelson Consins, from
from Person, affirming the 'jndgment be
low.
Also, in Den ex dttn. Roberson , el al.
v. Woolard, from Martin, awarding a
venire de novo.
Also, in Wilkina o. Slade in Equity,
from Rutherford, dismissing the bill with
costs. . s
Also, in Barnet v. Spratt, in Equity
from Mecklenburg, dismissing the bill.
A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.
. On s fine summer's day a clergyman was
called to preach in a town in Indiana, lo
1 young rSpiscopal congregation. At the
close of his discourse he addressed his
young hearers in some snch words as these!
'Learn that the present life is a prepara
tion for and has a tendency to eternity. The
present is linked to the future throughout
creation, in the vegetable, in the animal,
and in the moral wotld. As is the seed
so is the fruit; as is the egg, so is the fowl;
as is the boy, so is the man; and as is the
rational being in this world, so will he
be in the next; Dives estranged from God
here, is Dives estranged from God there;
snd Enoch walking with God here, is
Enoch walking with Godin'a calm and
better world. I beseeech you then live for
j.blessed I eteipitj.,Uoiothe .wpm that
yon (read npon and learn a lesson 'pT wis-'
dom. w
food Uiat fosters it for annother and simi
lar slate; and more wisely than roan, builds
its awn sepulhrefc-fiomwheniin time,
by a kind of restruction, it comes forth a
new creatute in almost sn angelio from.
And now that which was hideous is beat i ful
and that which crawled flies, and that
which fed on comparatively erase food, tips
the d-s and revels in the rich pastures,
an emblem of that paradise" where flows
the river of Ills and crows ihe tree of life.
Could the cater pilar have been diverted from
its properelemeul and mode oilile tl it bad
never attained the buvrfly'a splendid from
and buo if it had perished a worthless
worm, Consider het ways and be wise.
Let it not be said that ye are more nrgli-
gani than worms, and yoar reason is less
available than there instinct. As the but
terfly flits aciost your path remember
that whispers in its flight 'Live foi the
Future.'
Wilh lhfi the preach closed hit discourscf
but to deepen the impression, a butterfly
directed by the band ..which . guides .alike
alike tbe Sun and an atom in its coume
fluttered through the church as if commit
iened by Heaven to repeat the exhortation-
1 here was netthet speech nor language,
but its voice was heard say iog lo the gating
audience 'Lave lor the luture.
Albany Spectator.
Wealth or the Mexican Ciicacn at.
M. M. Noah, in the New York Sun,
speaking of the immense treasures the
Mexican Churhes contain ssys:
"In the cathedral ol Pueblo dp.los
Anoelbs hangs a grand chandelier of
massive gold and silver not of ounce tvor-
dupoi-i, but whole tont of weight, collected
under the viceroy t trom the various triou
Urymin. On the right of the altar
stands a carved fisure of the Virgin dres
aed in beautiful embossed sttin executed
by the num of the plsce. Around her
neck suspended a row f pearls of pre
cious value, a caronet of pure
gold encireles her brow, and her waist is
bound with a zone of diamonds and enor
mous brilliants. The candolabras are of
silver and gold, toe mastivc to be
raited even by the strongest htnd and
the Host it one matt of rplendid jewelt
or-ilre-Hricheat-fctnoVw-waMeiiean
cathedral there is a railing of cquisite work
manshipy five feet high and two hundred
feet in length f gold and silver on which
stand! figure of the Virgin of Remedio.
with three petticoats on; of pearl , one of
emeralds and one of diamonds; the figure
alone it valued at three million of dollars.
In theChorch DfGsadaloupe there are still
richer and more splendid srticlesand in that
of Lorelfo thef have ngures representing
the List Supper, before whom are placed
piles of gold and ailver pltte to repretenl
the simntirhv of that event. It it the
ttme in all the churches and cathedrsts in
Mexico. The i'arvinTr Lkpeso kneel
bafore a figure of the Virgin worth three
millions and yet would die of ant before
he would allow himself to touch one ol ihe
brilliant of her yotwa worth o him a for
tunc. About a hundred millions et dollar
are (hut locked ap in church ornaments,
while nothing is out for public education
Ctntlt, puuue improvement, auu
tnmal ghry.n 4 : ' - " :'.'.
true da-
Ths editor of Georsia Joornal, has dis-
1 tared a brantiTul and Illustrative metaphor
, Hs ti Sa editorial opponent whether he ean
. bit tns bottom of a irjingpaa wllti&ut smut-
'ting bis aosc ... .. -v -
CONGRESS. - .
Wednetday, Feb. 18, 1846 '
In the Senate, Mr. Dix of New York,
addretted that body on the Oregon Reso
lutions, and gave way at a late hour for
adjournment without havingconcluded.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The whole day nearly was tpent in the
discussion of the Indisn Appropriation
Bill, in Committee of the Whole.
Thurtday,FebQ.
8ENATK.
The morning hour was hs uual occu
pied by the presentation of memorialu, and
the transaction of othet miscellaneous buti
nes.
The Oregon notice rosolutiuns were
sgain taken up, and Mr Dix resumed his
remarks from yesterday1
Mr Benton eulog zed the the able de
fence of our title by the last speaker, ai:d
said it was so clear and conclusive that
no candid mind could fail to be convinced
of die just ice of our claim. He cordially
agreed with the President at to the 49 para I
lei. He taid it wat calculated to soothe,
the bad feeling in England, occasioned by
ihe tone of the Inaugural Address
When he concluded the Senate held a
thort Executive session and then adjourn
ed to Monday. '
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A bill was introduced by Mr. Martin
regulating the mileage of Senators. It
provides that Senators thall not receive
travelling expenses at any extra sesion,
unless they snail actually go .home and
return. Heretofore whm ths regular tea
tion has terminated oa'ooe day, and ihe
called session hst commenced the next
morning Senators have received the same
milleage as thq'ihey had been home and
returned again.
. .A mot ion. being midc to refer the bill
to a committee of die whole intteid of
ordering it to be engrossed, Mr. Hopkins
hoped it would be passed forthwitli.- He
looked upon tbe system of charging con
itrucrive mileage as monstrous.
Mr. McKay strenuously advocated
the bill, and moved that it be made the
special order for Monday next together
with the bill relating to the mileage of
members of the House.
Mr Petit moved to amend it by
adding a tection providing for the
removal of the teat of Goverment in 185S
to tome spot north west of the Ohio River.
This wst ruled cut of order
.Mr Polit then fired broadside at What
.h,clliat,tll,.em
tessptible attempts at paltry retrenchment
which made more noise or doort thtt they
did good here. He detpited inch dema
togism, is measures intended for political
effect. So far at he was concerned he
would vote that the pay and mileage
be doubled. He never heard of any
member becoming rich on his pay and
mileage, ' ; :-T- ' -'
Mr. Martin with murh warmth de
nouoced aa unjust and untrue the chsrge
ofdemsgogism, if applied to him. His
object was to keep the members from
thrusting their long gaunt hands in; the
Treasury, and taking out more than
than they earned, If the two bills should
be carried into effect a ssving ot $250,000
per annum might be saved,
Mr, Petit disclaimed any personal or
particular allusion to any member.
After a speech from Mr Wentworth, in
which be-discoursed, most pathetically
abott the probable fate of the harbor bill,
the motion to refer tha UiUeage bill to a
Commitee of tha Whole wa rejected by a
tote ot ft to t38, -
Tne question recurring on a motion to
make it the special order for Monday net!
the de'tate was resumed and ana-iiendment
Offered by Mr Thompson, of Mitsitsipp ,
but the morning hour having expired, tbe
noute went into committee 01 tne wnoie
and i-amed consideration of the Indian
annuity bill.
After a long, tiresome debate the hill
was reported to the House and passed,
The House then adjourned.
Friday lib. 20, 1846.
Tha Sen tte did not sit today.
HOUSE OF REPEESENATtVES,
After the disposal of some unimportant
matters, the considerations of the um 10
Istive to the milesge of Senstors wss re
sumed, and ihe previous question moved
thereon,.... ;
Mr. Jacob -Thompson-offered hit smend-
fnent providing that constructive mileage
shall not be received unlets Jen dtys
shall elapse between the termination of a
regular session and the commencement
of an extra one.
thil was rejected. Ihe-bill-was. then
lead a third time, and passed by a vot
of 115 loo 10.
After an ineffectual attempt to. a call
f 1 ha ironseewinr of
a quorum, the House went mm tsmmmti
of the whole and took up in nuts on me
private calendar. .
The Seoa wat iintin sessiou to day.
HOUSE OF REPttEsEN ATl ES.
During the morning hour, a large nunu
.r offenortt ot a private: natare - were
made' from Committees. . .
Mr, Harrals'tn moved to to Into Com
rnittce of the whole on the bill providing
tor the erection of miliurv posit on the
route to Oregon, hot wiilmunocceia, t
After the rtfeVftnce of a number of ' pri
vate bills from the Senate Iho Hons went
into Committee, fend held a , long talk for
the relief of Ori. Grayson. . At three
oclotk the, CommitUt me. anil the House
tn iccnunt t4 Monilaf being the
ary .flhe birth if oar glorwn Walking
ton adjoured to 1 aetdty next. I
1- TrathlnglonFsb, S3,1S4Q j
The House ftdjoornad; on 8atutdy last,
rhe Senate met st twelve o'clsck, when i
on motion f Mr, Mawouk, the reading of
I the Journal was dispensed with' and tha
'ScR4.tv ftdjuurved, f t
- ...
The Seniter. ,rer tome unimportant
bus ness. pro coedsJ to die c.U.,
of the special order of ,,e ,,, , a ?' ?n .
Oreg0rdeb.tews. resumed. J "d U
Thein.e W'nfed on h, 0r
.V. " rdnttdaxi . Feb. ok
in the Senate.
the
OtVO-iti. il-,k.. " i
continued. Mr. Colouin !
oieiidinent. aimi:r ; .
n a
Crittenden's, which
" -mm f Si (J IBM I SB . tM.
10 Mr.
was ordered to be
printed.
In lie House, nothing ol (f.n.1 ,
esl IranVpiieil. 5 general toUr
Mr. Wraeutt, of Florida. iTsakin.r i
the U. S Sen.. n Monday on ihe &
Ai.gmeniatio.1 Bill, alluded to the reel!
co. lespoudenco between Mr. Pakraha -and
.lie Secretary ,f Slale. w.JJ
from the debute: H 19
Mr. Westcott: I w,, , h d ,
the honor of addressing the Senate, thai I
r,tt-d. P' y "Pinion s. t ,,i .
probabuty of a war; but occurrei.,-e, havt
ainee changed my. .mind upan thai sUbj,e,. .
ami I grN-ve, I, lament to say, ,lal 1 heJiev;
the omeM now are of war. iueviubla w,r
Sir. whether the conteinplatod n.,lite be
U e course or bohey indicated by the Prea
.dent or no,, f fear tbere.ro Lment.
work, I fear there are causes which, what
ever may be our eou.se. will i B,orl .
period of time result in a conflict be tween
this country and Great Britain. If wc do
noi giye notice, as die settlement ot Um J
?i,:HHetj betwasnt-4:
Buiish snd American settlers and those
conflicts will most probably involve the
two nationa in war. 1 1 agree entirely with
the honorable Senator from Michigan that
this will be the case.- On lh? other hand
if we give ihe notice. Emrlaml. m-,i
the teeth as she is mty think lr txWfient T
to send to ou shores the armament whicfi1
she has been engaged for so many mooths
preparing: and the least hostile indicstion
on her part will arouse within the breasts
of the people of this nation feelings which
are already sufficiently aTlhifaaI 1m .a,
the position of sffairt, then, indicalive of
wart May not the honorable S.n.A. r
Michigan with much reason nn. ... .u..
war m inevitable r
Mr Cass desired to be
the gendeman right upon this point Tho
opinion Which he had expressed in the
early part of this session had been called in
question repeatedly, and thero fcrtainlw
aoemod to bo a etrantfe minnni'e1n.w
t m w a sss sat wis
war man; lie bad been stvled an !..
for War, and whvt Merelv
had laid he believed the danger of war was
imminent He had never used the express-S
ion which had been attributed to him, that
war was inevitable. What he had said
was, dist he was afraid that war would
lke place, and he would odd that ar , .
day increased his apprehensions. He
might now, since the information called foe
by Congress had been laid before them by
the President, he mighi now say that all
that he had staled on the 15th day ol De
cember, in relation to this subject, bad been .
fully boruc onu He mightnpw say there.J
was then strong cause for apprehension,
aud thai there now is still stronger cause.
Thai the armaments of Great Britain were
preparad with a view of , being called JiutoJ
use, do man could doubt. He would say
to bis honorable friend from Florida that .
his first impression not onlv regained, hot
"uu incs exiiiouea iiiemseives.M I
Notwithslsndingthe mild tone of ihe En.
lish jonrnois, he was not to be deceived byr
a few sofi words in sn English newspaper f
. wwww inn ue war isverv
waa permiiied in some measure to subtddet
but this circumstance offered 00 satisfactory
cviuciicr. 10 ins minu mat uie danger 01 a
war was more temole.
The decided and conclusive reieciian bf .'
our Govern mt nt of arbitration, in any form.
has not only taken away one of the grounds
of a possible adjustment, but the principle '.
upon which arbitration is refused seems to
extend i'self lo each and every mode of
settlement that can bo devised, hort of sn
absolute relinquishment by England of alt .
her claims to the Oregon. Any partition
of the territory is incompatible with our
right lo the whole now what matters it
whether the partition be proposed by arbi
tration or by negotiation! jn either caso
out "Wear and unquestionable" W
senti the same barrier 10 any division of
the territory. It is In this view we pi
sume, that Mr. Westcott and others regard
war as almost inevitably at hand. Th
belief that EngUnd will recede rather than
tent we Know not.
H ARVARD COLLEGE.
l .At die meeting of the Board of overseer
of , the College Thutsday, the cornmiitee4
appointed or in firm
ere it tf his eleclioli as Preaideal of th
(iollega, reported that he had accepted that
office. '
CURE FOR FOUNDER.
The seeds of the tun flower are the best
remedy known for the euro of found ia
horses. .Immediately on discovering that,
your horse is foundered, mix- spoilt a ,pm
ot the whole seed in his feed, shd (t wil
If a pejfeet eiire. ,'.. aLjs ..
SOUTHERN LINE OrPACKETS
Ou the 15th of .Match, a Lmsof Ptkci
lelween Baltimore tad Washington N- V.
will commeuca their trips, The Vd-
-.: . w k. .:-..! ct. w:u Mil
tmJbnhhn.rt on that day, to be followed
hy iho -Fsyotlwill- on the lt cApid.
Theie fiu will perfoim regolar sU
Wrnale uip9 thereafier, and wf uust wi'H
profit 10 their owi.srs, and muUial benefit
MO of tw ' '
Washtngifta Whig states, that Ca
Pulford has bean lernpvsd fiom tbs Ltfht
Hoots aiPamlico Point, 'and, oa How"
tppoiu'ed teep la his plae, - .
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