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of the Spanish claime, that the boundary
slong the 49'h parallel, which had b
agreed on eg that between them and Girest
Britain, from the Lake of the Woods tu the
Stony Mountains, should be extended to the
!‘ncl‘c. To this divismion of the territory
Great Britsin would not acceds; and the
provision for a joint occupancy during
the next ensuing years was substituted,
A clause was inserted that the agreement
should not be taken to effect the clavms
of any other Power of Suie to any pan
of the ecountry west of the Stony Moon
taing, - This provision clearly referred to the
clntmg of Ruseia and Spain. The noithern
and southern boundaries of the conntry,
which the two cnmnr!m? parties might
claim, were left nudefined ; Great Bromn
probably thought herself bound by the Nootka
conventicn to respect the Spanish clanns to
the extent provided by that wstrument : the
United States conld not but recognise those
derived from discovery, with which they
were st that time but imperfectly neguninted,
since their own claims were in A great de
gree derived from a eimilar gource. Bur the
convention decisively proves that the United
States did not acquiesce in the antignated
elaitn of Spain to the ahsolute and exclusive
sovereignty of the whaole” country; sriee,
they had recognised that prior elnim to the
whaole, they could have had none whatever
to any portion uf it,
It is theretore undeniable thatthe aesertion
of the Spanish cluin of absolute sovereignty
cannot be sustained by a presumed ncqoies
cence on the part of the only nations wineh
now elain the eountry, It may perhaps be
enid that their opposition enwe too late, and
that they neglected 100 long to protest a.
flainul the Spanish pretension on the Pacific
o atress will be luid on Drake’s voynge,
which had a warlike choracter. Dut the
British charters to their colomes show that
those pretensions were disregarded at a very
carly date, ‘l'here was no oceasion fur op
position or direct denial, with respect to the
Pacific, until the attention of other nations
wans directed towards that remote country.—
This was neglected because all the com.
mercial natwns were, in their attempts to
colonize, or to conquer, foreign and till then
unexplored regions, attracted by countries
fur more accessible, and were exclusively
engnged in pursuite anueh more important.
Fhe Eastindies and the West Ludia Islands
offered a vast and lucrative ficld for com.
mercial enterprise and territorial acquisition.
With respeet to the continent of Amenca,
France,Fingland, and Holland most naturally
planted their colonmies on the nearest op
pusite shores of the Atinntic 5 end they did
i opposition to the pretended claim of
Spain, which extended to the whole of A
meriea. Althongh strenvously enzoged o
extending tho-e e@lonies westwardly, theee,
in the year 1754, twenty vears only before
Cook' thied voyage, hardly extended be
yond the Mussissippi, What qmmedinte in
terest eonld then have impelled either France
or Kngland to enter a formal protest against
the antguated cloim of Spain to a country
with wineh they had never attempted even
to trade 2 And what opportunity had oceur
red (or dotng 1t poor to Cook’s voyage,
But, what is sull more conclusive, the
gunntry in question, was cqually neglected
by Span hersell, Some exploning voyages, |
tew ol whieh are authenne, were mdeed)
mnde by Spanish navigators : and the r:l:unw:
which may be derived from their discovernies
have now been transterred to the United |
Stotes, so far ne discovery nlone con zive .
eluim, and no tnrther, Buot, during more thuul
two centuries that Spamn had no compentor
on the Pacifie, ihere was ou hier part no oc- ]
cupancy, no settiement, or attempt to make a !
settlement, She had some missons o the
western const of the pennsula of Calitornia
but her missions or settlements in Northern
or New Califoruia ure of quite recent date
that of the most southern (San Diego)
1706, sud that of the most northern (San
Fraucisco) 1n 1770, two yeurs ouly belore
Cook' arrival at Nootks Sound,
In point of fact, the contested ternitory had
hecn utterly neglected by Span, All the
cnergies, such as they were, of her Mexican
golonive wore much more advantageonsly
spplicd to the improvement of the vast and
rich countries which they had conquered,
principally to the discovery and working of
the richest and most productive wmines of the
precions metals us yei known.
Ansou’s expedittn was purely military,
and confined to southern laurudes. Bot the
naerative drew the public attention towards
the Pacific ocean, snd gave n new impolse
to the epirit of discovery. Almost nnme
dintely alter the peace of 1763, vovages were
undertaken for that parpose by the Govern
ments ot Bogland § fance : the Pacific was
explored: the Rassius on the other hand
hed, more than thirty years before, ascertain
ed the continnity of the Amernean continent
from Belirimg’s Steans to Mount St Eows,
was then, end not ull theng that Span, or
rather the Mexican Governwent, awnkening
from Itx fong letiargy, extended 115 missions
to New Calitormm, In the year 1771, Percz
with his pilot, Martinez, smiled as far north
ng the vorthern extrennty of Queen Char
jotte’s Island, having anchored o Nootka
Sound, and, as Martinez asseris, perceived
the entiance of Foca’s Straite. New and i
portant discoveries were made by Quoadra
and Heeetw 1 the yeat 1775, The sequel s
well known,
But on what foundation did the claim of
Spain rest 2 1f she had indeed an absojute
right to the whole eonntry bordering on the
Pacific, derived either from nataral or inter
national law, or from usnges genernlly recog
nised, 1t matters bot Little, a 9 respeets right,
whether other nations had acquiesced o, or
opposed, her claim. 1f there wus no tounda
tion for that abavlute and exclusive right ol
sovereignty, Spain could transler nothing
more to the United States than the jegin
mate elnims derived from her discovernes,
The discovery gives an incipient clann not
only to the idennueal spot thne dwcovered,
but a certain ditance heyond ot [t has been
sdmitted thet the cloti exiends generally,
though not wiiversally, ng for inland as the
sonrce of rivers emplying into the sea where
the dicovery has been made, ‘l'ho distance
to which the right or claim extends along the
gea «hore may not be precisely defined, and|
may vary according to circumstances But‘
it never ean be wnlimited ; it hae never been
cwcognised beyond & reasonble extent.—|
Npnin wawn the first European nation which
discovered and occupred Florida, A clnim‘
on that account to the nbsolute sovereignty
over the whole of the Atlantic shores as far
s Hudson's Bay, or the Gih degree of lati
tnde, wou'ld strike every one as utterly ab
wnrd. A elnimn on the part of Bgain to the
moverergnty of all the shores of the Pacific,
derived from her having established missions
i Californin, would be similarin its pature
and extont, and equally inndmssible. It
eannct he sustamed ne n natural rigm. nor by
the privciples of mternational law, or by any
genersl wange or precodent that the elam of
anm rested on nosnch yrmmdn.
It wan dowen from the bull of Pope Alex
auder VI which the Spanish monarchs
obtained in the year 1493 immediately after
the diseovery of Ameiren by Columbus.—
By virtoe of that bull, combined with anoth.
er previously granted to Portugnal, and with
medifications respecting the division line be
tween the two powers, the Pope granted to
them the vxelusive wovereiguly over all ol
the diseoveries made or to be made in all
the heathen portions of the globe, including,
it must be recolleeted, all the countries in
Amerien bordering on the Atlantic, as well
ne those on the Paicific ocenn, Yer, even al
that time the | rthah Kinrs ol Faneland
\land Frarco did pot recognise the authority |
il the Pape on #ech üb;«-o&au evidently
)?lu by the M\,"“ of Cebot nuder the
lorders of Llenry .ol England and of
Cartier, nnder those of the King of France, |
Franeis 1. Bubsequently the colonies plant- |
|+d by both countries from Florida 10 Hudsons |
‘Bay whura a practical and continned protest |
and deniyl of':h.flplflisll clom of ablulmo!
*overeignty over the whole of America ;|
(whilst the acquiescence of Spein wae unu-‘
!MIIM to oo wbundonment of that claim |
where it was resisted. Ridiculous as a right |
denved from sugh a source may appear at |
this time, 1t was not then thos copsidered b)’!
Spain § and the western boundary of Braz! |
15 1o this day regulated by the division line |
prescribed by the Popo, :
| Lam not aware of any other principle by |
which the ciaim ever was or can be sustain
ed, unless it be the idle ceremony of taking |
posscasion, as 1t is called, I'he celebrated
Npaniard who Girst dige.vered the Pacific
Ocean, *‘Balyoa, advaneing up to the middle
in thewaves with his buckler and sword, took
possession of that ocenn in the name of the
Kiog, his master, snd vowed to detend it |
witht g armes, agoinst all his enewics” (Rob
ertson
- bhave dweit longer on this subject thanl
Jitmny recan 1o deserve. The assertion of
the solidity of this ancient exelusive Span.
ish eluim lms had an apparent effect on
pubis opimon futal 1o the prospeet of an
suneable anaugement, [am also fully sat.
histieds that the resort 1o volnerable argu
nente, ingtend of strengthening, has a ten
deney to lessen the weight of the mulnohed
proofs, by which the superiority of the A
merican over the British elaim has been so
;ftnlly established, :
ALBERT GALILATIN,
I Ax Uxexrecren ner Jovevn, MekrinGg.
A gentleman residing near Marlborough, in
[this country, some days since went to New
York to geta hand to work for him on his
farm. He chanced to have recommended to
lom a young man who had just emigrated frum{
Ldcimany, und through hired persons, (as the
1 Gorman could not speak English,) he engaged
Jto work with him, and brought the young man
over to s revidence, At might the gentleman
| rent o neighbor for a German who had been
’}m.ukihg for u length of time there, having
Cergrated from Germany many vears since,
and whose steady habits had, as wuch as any
‘xlluug, wiluenced i in retaining the young
| man, to come and talk with the new work
dhand. he German who was sent for came
’;nnd seated hmsell by the fire, back of the
tother, who was drinking his tea. The funily
Awere waiting for the meal o be Guished, ex-
Cpecting to bear some real’Duteh talk, mor did
i‘vlm_v wall in vain, for tho moment the young
Cman turned from the table, his eyes were fixed
Con the other German. Both stood a moment
regoiding cach other—and then rushed into
[oach other's arms—they were brothers, and
L had wet for the first time in many years. T'he
| kind feeling, the unbounded joy, !{w repeated
|c-m|.n-«:--. were worthy of lovers. The two
honcst Dutchmen did talk real Duteh that night,
l and will probably do so # long time, as they
| work on farms that adjoin each other.—Mon
{ moutic (N J.) Eng.
. Tue Ixsect Scovnce —Advices from
Cuba, state that the Ovange, lime, and
every tree of the citron kind in the dis
trict of Matanzas and io other sections of
the island are perishing under the ray
nges of aninsect in shape like a flea,
which light ontheiwr verdure by myriads,
and deposit white adhesive specks on
‘the bark, which are the eggs from which
the worm is hatched,which has devastated
so many of the citron and orunge groves.
‘ Some of the trees are wholly denuded,
it s feared that this blight will extend it
! sell over all the island.
- Tur surrogep Exreresses.—There is
a great deal of speculation afloat in the
pupers and in private circles as to llw‘
canse of the sathng of the clipper ‘Romer’
from New Yok on Monéay, and the'
‘movement of an ¥xpress [rom New York
thongh this city to Portland and perhaps
te the DBritish Provinces. The wisest
‘way lor all puarties would perbaps be to
tuke the course of the old lady, who hav
ing nearly wept herself to death in re
flecting upon a story of a pestilential
disepse which, it was said, had broken
out among the Arabs, said—*At last |
called to my mind “that Scripture, ‘ What
need you care, Betly 7" and “‘gave up cry
ang.”” Since we cannot hielp the projegt
At guits our plang, or prevent it if i
Cdoes not, we may as well wait ull we
tearn what it s, belore devoting much
“thought to it
To keep our renders advised of the
opintons of the day, however, we may
state that some continue toconsider the
priot hoat an express cither of our Gov
ernment or the Brtsh Government ;
athers suppose it to be a salt speculation
—~which others considzr rather fresh
and snll others suppose it to be an express
tor the London Chionicle office. Per
haps the most probuble supposition with
regard to both these movements is that,
more 15 expected from the refurn of the
messengers, thun from their onginal ex
peditions. The one via Portland is
probably to arrange an express overland
trom Flahifax with the Cambrin’s uews,
and it may be expected that the pilot
boat will bring buck news worth paying
for, by selecting a proper tune to start
hetwecen two steamers. Boston JAdeer.,
Acerpesr.—At North Adame on Monda
avoning last a party of young peopla of hnt{.
sexes were amusing themselves in sliding
down Wil om a large wleighy and several excur
sions hind been made without injury, when, at
the lust descentyihe vohrelo hocame nnmanagea
ble, descended with groat rapidity,and leaving
the rond came in contnet with a tree, breaking
nopreces the sleighy and imgucng 11 of 19 pere
song whowere i =7 ol them severely, Two
fomades, Miss Greeen and Miss Mclelian, are
reported to be 8o badly hurt as to leave but
“"]8 h"pfl o‘. ".Olf fl'('()VO)f", 'l'lw t_'u”;" ll(’"t’
ol the latter was broken and the former sus
mined internal uuunou.—l’m:/icld Sun.
As storm followeth storin, and wave, sne
coedeth wave, give additional hardness to the
shinll that encloses the peurly so do the storms
and waves ol life add fores to the character of
man.
Tur Acernext at e Cannonpary Mixes |
~Though several weeks have elapsed since
the secident at the Carbondale MinesinWayne
connty, by which fourteen or fiftcen workmen
were barred alive,and the workmen have heen
Ly ever sines endeavoring (o reach their un
furtnnate heothers, yet they have but just suc.
coeded in making theiwr way 1o them. The
Dewoerat of that place, of the Sotk ult saye
the bodies of two persons wera found the night
belore. One, named Pateick Walley, was dis
covered a <hort distance from the main roud,
Lvrng on late of about eighteen inches depth,
Loiw vend supported by his right hand, and his
shontder iy w ke, Hhis legs were broken ;
probouty, by the Rymg car boaes. Tt s sup
posed that e hived for some time after, aud
Pty died ol latigue and lmn'or. The
viter, Mark Heonnan, had been thrown by
the wand apen the top of a loaded car, and
woae thore comsht by the dalhiug 00, wiieh
toveshiod Lo e death instantly
HERALD OF THE TIMES.
Toecaly of the Times, |
WBaWPEQO®mT h
THURSDAY MORNING, Feb. 19, 1846,
RHODE-ISLAND PROX.
FOR GOYERNOR,
BYRON DIMAN,
Of Bristo!.
FOR LILUTENANT-GOVERNOR,
ELISHA HARRIS,
Of Coventry.
HENRY BOWEN,
Of Providence.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
JOSETH M. BLAKE,
Of Bristol.
FOR GENERAL TREASURER,
STEPHEN CAHOONE,
Of Newport
07 We huve commenced, on our first
page of to-day’s paper, the admirable letters
of the Mon, Avsert GarraTin,on the Ore
gon question. Let then be carefully rend.
The following truly melancholy announce
ment, we find in the Providence Journal of
Tuesday.
It has become our melaucholy duty to
announce the death of WirLrLiam G. Gon
parD, KEsq., late Professor of Belles
Lettres in Brown University, He died
very suddenly yesterday afternoon, at
the age of fifty-two years,
Wihile seated at the dinner table with‘
his family, he was surprised with sensa
tions of intense suffocation in the throat
proceeding as is supposed from a para-i
lysis of the muacles of deglutition, and in
a few moments his life was at an end.—
By this unexpected event one of our
most distinguished citizens has been
snatched from his place at the head ol
his family, and (rom the midst of a wide
circle of endeared relatives and devoted
friends. Qur whole community has sus
tained a loss in the removal of one who
united the highest graces of ming and
of character with sound practical wis
dom, and with rare executive ability,
The University is deprived of the coun
scls of one of its most faithful guardians;
the city has lost one of its most accom
plished gentlemen, and most valued citi
;znnu, and the State one of her most ele
gant scholars, and one of her wisest
Enud ablest public men.
TEAIYL e T R TNy
2 NI N DTN
ERail RRoad 1o ¥'all River.
Agreeably to the intimation in our
Jast, Major T. S. Brown, accompanied
by his Assistant Mr. J. Adams, arrived
here on Thursday evening the 12th inst.,|
for the purpose of commencing the sur-;
vey of the proposed Rail Road from this,
town to Fall River, Mass. In an in-|
terview with the Rail Roud Commince,}
'{which was held immediately after the
‘arrival of Major Brown, it was deter.
:mincd, we understand, to proceed with
(the operation forthwith, if the state of
the weather would allow of . Mr.
i;\dauns remuing in town, expeeting the
jarrival of men and instruments from
ll\'ew York, which the late storm has un-
Hfortunately delayed.
| Mr. Adams bas, since his arrival,
‘wnlked over the ground, and speaks in
(very (avorable terms of the route.
Sxow Storm —Wa had an old thinno-l%
snow storm on Sunday last, commencing at 3
in the morning and ending at sunset. 'l'hoi
wind blew violently throngh the day, and
drifted the snow in huge piles, particularly ou:
the windward sides of the streets and roads
—~blocking them up beyond any thing of
the kind for several years. |
~ We notice by our exchanges that the n\orm’;
‘was cqually severa in other places. The Rail
roads in all dircetions have been obstructed so
as to be rendered, for a time, impassable, and
the trave!ling public and the mails have con
sequently been much inconvenienced and deo
layed.
The steamer Mohegan bronght us the mail
from New York on Monday afternoon, and
proceeded 1o Providence. The Narraganseu
camo in on Toesday, and also procoeded to
Providenco.
Tue snow storm commenced at Washing
ton and Philade!plia on Saturday afllernoon
between 4 and 5 o'clock,~~at New York at
6 o'clock,~at this place at 3 A. M. on Sun.
day,~at Boston about the same hour,—and
ot Portland at 12 o'clock on Sanday,
’ The storm nppears o have been wost se
vere just sonth of New York, though it e
spoken of in all quarters as more severe thay
any which has occurred for many years,
The aeconnts of disnsters nmong the ship
ping on the const, are troly distrossing. .
Mauy lives were loat. "T'he N. Y. Express|
says—ao tnr ug henrd from, the coast .p;n'um‘:
to be sirewn with wreeks, |
The shap John Mintorn, from Now Orleans|
for New York, was totally lost nesr Sq-mm.{
and 1t s seported What npwards of forty souls|
perished, ther vessels are reported as
wrecked ol \he same place. |
07" We have been requested to mention
that Mr. Wm. Rueeell, the distinauished
Eloeutionist, has been engaged 1o fecture
mn the Femare Sesixany, of this place, and
will he here for that parpose i June
™ A “Military and Civie Ball,” in
honor of Washington’s Birth Day, will
be given at Masonic Hall, in this place,
on Tuesday evening next. The follow
ing gentlemen are the Managers :—Col.
Gilpiny, Capt. Mason, Qr. Mast. Town"
#end, R. S. Barker, B. 11. Stevens, and
F. Lawton,
It will be got up in good shape we
have no doubt,
| A most disgraceful noise and di-lufbance.}
causing serious alarm among inhabitunts in
‘the vicinity, was made in 'l‘h.mel-flreot.i
:lut Saturday evening, about 10 o’clock, in
which, we regret to be informed, several
young “gentlemen,” who ought to know and
behave better, were concerned, Their nlmu}
{have all been furnishied us for the purpose of
‘ibelng published to the world, but we fmbeul
timlking them more conspicuous than they
have thus very foolishly made themseives.—
Performances of this sort ought not to be tol
'erated in a civilized community. If ourl
l'own Watch is not strong enough to quell
‘such rows in the public streets, its force'j
|'ought to be incrensed, or abandoned alto
l gether.
! We have received the first number of Gen
l' Morris’s “National Press & Home Journal,”
just issued from 222, Broadway, New-York,
li'l'he paper ia of the largest class, beautifully
'printed, and ite columns are filled with a
|great variety of excellent matier, most of
‘which is original. If its patronage bears any
'comparison to its merits, the editor will be
‘well remunerated for the vast amount of labor
'he bestows upon it, Terns $2 per year in
!‘ndnnce. Single copies 6 cents. Goff is
' Agent for Newport,
Congressional.
! In the SenaTe, Tuescay, Feb. 10th, Mr.
(Dickinson presented a memorial of one St.
'Angelo, relative to Mexican indemnities,
' Mr. Cass moved thas the Committee pro--
‘ceed to the consideration of the resolutions
(relative to the abrogation of the second sec- ‘
tion of the Convention of 1827 wspecting:
| the occupation of Oregon. ‘
| Mr. Clayton expressed the hope that thel
|Senate would go on with the debate upon
the bill for the constiuction of the war steam
‘ers. T'he Senate decided on taking up the
‘Oregon resolution, when, by a strictly party
vote of 23 to 22, Mr. Cass’s motion prevailed.
| The onginal resolution from the Commit
‘tee on Foreign Atfuirs was then read, |
| Mr. Hannegan said that this day had been
‘also appointed for the consideration of his
resolutions upon the same general question,
| His resolutions denying the right of the
| government to compromise with great Great
| Britain in the matter of the respective claims
(of the two countries Lo that territory, were
[therefore read. Mr. Calboun’s, asserting
- precisely the contrary doctrine, were aiso
(read, since they had all equally been set
[down for tine day.
{ Mr. Allen then proceeded to address the
| Senate in support of the first named series of
| resolutions. He had barely reached the ter-
Cmination of the exordium to what 18 evident-
Iy to prove an elaborate speech, when he
| yielded to u motion that the Senate adjourn.
||'l‘hiu introduction was nearly two houra in
' length, and consisted principally in » history
lof the diplomatie relations of Great Britain
| with the United States since the revolution-
BE g
In the [louse, Mr. [lamlin presented s me
morial from Mr. Whitney, upon the subject
of the Oregon rail road,
Mr. Rathbun of New York made a report
upon the subject of a change in the naturali
zation lawe, which it will be remembered
was referred some weeks ugo to the judiciary
committee. T'he report was adverse to any
chnnge whatever., :
I'he House then went into committee of
the whole, and the bili making appropriations
for fortifications was taken up. [t was pass
ed through the committee very comfortably
and quietly to the last section, when the
chairman of the Ways and Means proposed
an amendment of #300,000 for the armament
of several forts named in the bill.
The amendment was debated at great
iength, and the bill was inforraally passed
over, without its being decided. l
T'he Committee was engaged scme time
in debating the provisions of one of the or
dinary pension appropriation lills, and at
three o’clock the Houvse adjovirned. |
{n the Senare, Wednesday, Feb. Ilth,
numerous bills of a local or private nature
passed a second reading,
I'he Senate then procecded to the special
order, being the joint resolutions relative to
Oregon, and Mr, Allen reaumed his war
sprech. Afer he had concluded, Mr. J. M.
Clayton of Delawarc oblaned the floor and
the Senate adjourned.
House.—Mr. King of Georgia, rose to
make a personal explanation. lle wanted
to state the reasons why he did not vote on
Monday, on the Oregon resolutions,
Mr. Rathbun of New York objected—con
tending that it way no privileged question,—
e (Mr, R.) might as well ask the time of
the House to tell why he did vote on the Ore
gon question,
The Chair decided that Mr. King couid
proceed.
Mr. Honston appealed from this decision,
and on a vote of the House the Chair was
suetained in Its decision.
Mr. King then resumed. e stated thnt!
part of the ofiicial correspondence had been |
suppresaed bg the President, which he (Mr. !
K.)held to be wrong, and this it was that|
caused him to reframm from voting, as he |
could not, under the circumstances, in which!
the suppression of part of the official docu- |
ments had placed hin, vote understandingly. |
Mr. Rathbon of New York then rose, and |
seked leave to state the reasons why he did
vote on the Oregon resolution. Dut hm‘
fricnds persuaded him to relingmish the at-!
tempt, and the House went into Committee |
of the Whole, and took up the Peasion Ap
propriation Bl ‘
~ Aler soine debate upon this bill, and pur-‘
ticalarly on an amendment which was ob
jected 1o as out of order, the Commnttee rose,
‘without taking auy question, and the House
adjonrned, |
\ In Sexary, Thursday, Fob. 12th, Mr. M;....*
zum at wn early hour, cnlled tor the order Of;
the dhy, and Mr. Crittenden offered as an
amendment 1o the form of netee j»rnpn-.-cl by
the Committee, the proposition oflered by him
same davs sinee, committing the whole ques.
Cton e the diserotion of the President, and ad
eimes that the nobee by given,
| Mr Clayton in a very able speech, nrgued
that the amendment, ilumgh '.;uq-nmu.g' the
nowee, was o very ditferent proposition from
that recommended by the Prosudenty and ad
voeated by the Commiites on Voregn Rela
Hone,
I The inerears proposcd in the Senate was
I naked for only nsa part of the prace establish.
ment of the conniry '
| M Clayton administorad o limv-lz rebinke
to the Senator from Obia, for s unhandsome
mannet of speaking of the powers of Larope,
and tor the hwmihimting menner o wheh he
Howstad aof the powers of this government,
1 M Hannegan obtained the Hoor, and the
Senate went into Executive session, alter
which the Senute adjourned 1o Monday.
The Housk, this morning passed two bills,
—the firet legalizing ull the acts of the Chiel
Clerk of the 'Pulem Office, as ifllm.y hud been
executed by the Commissioner of Patents,
~ Also, e {nll. amendatory of a former aol,
providing for the deposition of unclai
goods imported into the United States.
A bill was reported for establishing a Dry
Dock at Philadelphia.
The Committce on Foreign Relations re
ported the claim of Alexander Everett lor ex.
|Lris services. SRS
Also a resolution ealling upon the President
of the United Stutes, to communicute all cor
respondcnce upon the subject of the Mexican
Indemnity, and connected with the non-pay
ment of the 4th and sth instalments.
~ Mr. Rathbun of N. Y., prosented the reso
lutions of the N. Y. Legisluture remonstrating
uganinst any increase ol the present rates of
posinge.
Mr. Campbell, of N. Y., from the com.
mitice on the library made a report relative
to finishing Inman’s picture for the rotunda in
the capital
A «rubulo tonk place between Campbell,
Adams, Winthrop and J. R. Ingersoll, when
the resolution was recommitted.
T'he House then for want of a quorum,
nd}'uurnml.
T'he Housk on Friday, Feb, 13, went into
commitiee of the whole, Mr. J. R. Ingersoll
in the chair, on the private calendar.
"The attendance of the House was very gen.
icrul, and some private bills were debuted with
great spirit. The Heuse sat unusually lute,
. In the House, on Saturday Feb. 14, Mr
Stephens, of Gu,, presented the Resolutions
of the State of Georgia, asking for a more
goneral distribution of the decisions of the Su
preme Court of the U, S,
| Resolutions of the State of Indiana were al
so presented, going for the ‘whole of Oregon.’
- Mr. Smith of Hlinois, asked leave to pre
sent the resolutions of a meeting at Spring
lfiulcl. 11, in favor of acquiring Cuba, but ob
'jectiom being made, lcayve was not granted.
The remainder of the day was consumed in
the consideration of private bills,
WasmnaTon, Feb. 11, 184 G.
This day was transmitted to the Commit.
tee of Ways and Means a copy of the new
Tanff Act, as arranged under the direction
of the Secretary of the ‘l'reasury, aided by
&entlemen connected with Custom houses at
ew York, Boston, Philadelphia and Bahi
more. [rom the DBoston Custom house
Meessrs. Bridge, Wellman und Gourgas ; N.
York, Messrs. Bogardas, Walden and Con
nelly ; Philadelphia, Messrs. Trychel and
Stewart; Baltimore, Meesrs. Young and
Vickars.
~ The project is a complete ad valorem bill,
in accordance with the report of the Secre
tary of the “I'reasury, upon which great care
and labor has been bestowed. It 18 arranged
upon a new principle, and so classified, by
schedule, as to be easily carried out by offi
cers attached to the Custom houses ; and,
also, easily amended by Congress, it being
#0 simplified, as by removing an artic'e from
one schedule & placing it in another, the ob
ject is attained.
It is entitled ** An act reducing the duties
on imports and for other purposes.”
A friend of ours now in Corpus Christi,
has politely sent to us a copy of the ‘Cor.
pus Christi Gazette’ of the.22d January,
(a spirited little sheet,) from which we
extract the following paragraphs :
The citizens of Courpus Christi are re-|
spectfully imfurmed that the Rev’d. Mr, Ep- |
monson, of the Presbyterian denomination of |
Christians, is now here, and that Divine |
Service will be performed unext Sunday, at
11 A. M. ot the Army Theatre. Owing to
the heavy rain, und the short notice given,
the attendance at the Union Theatre, last
Sunday morniug, was very small, In the
iulmem'o) of all religious instruction in an
army of near 5,000 men and a town contain
Ing more than 1,000 ihabitapts, we cannot
Elmt hope that this seeond opportunity o
hearing the \Word of God, will be gladly
embraced, not only by the townspeople, but
ihy the army generally,
| 'We give in this day’s paper a list of the of
ficers comprised in the ‘army of occupation,’
‘and we are happy to say to their absent
'lriends. that the general health of the camp
s very good. We have seen all the great
‘oncnmpmcnls in Europe for several years
'past ; and in beauty of situation, excellence
}ofarrungcmom. cleanliness and good order
(it will bear a favorable comparison with that
lof any other nation. It confers great credit
'notonly upon its commander. and officers
‘generally, but upon the country whose cause
ithcy have come here to sustain,
| A smart purty of officers came in yesterday
(from a hunting frolic on the Nueces—bringing
[with them 21 deer, three tigers, and some wild
l'tmko_\'n. After this, what can he said about
‘;mipc shooting ? |
!: Tho Army T'heatre has been doing a good
| business the. past week ; ana the arrival of
f" Mr. Clark with some anxihiary forces, will add
ngeuly to the logitmate streugth of the com-
Hpany. Althongh butfew ladies are seen in the
dress eircle.nothing exceeds the decorum with
‘} which every thing s conducted. T'he Thentre
(s mituanted noar the centre of Col. Twiggs' en
;lt,nmpnmnl, and all who have the honot of his
imwpnnnmmm, will realily understand, that
where he commands, no other state of afTairs
would be admissible.
The Mexican trade continues lively—as
there are daily arrivals, Parties of traders
from all the settlements, for three hundred
miles from the Rio Grande, & as far inland as
Monterry, have visited this place during the
ast week. T'hey have little news—a report
Knd reached Arista at Monterey, that Mejia at
Metamoras, has declared against the Govern
ment, in favor of Paredes—a force of 2000 was
ordered by the former to march on Meotamoras
for the purpose of quelling the revolt. By an
arrival this morning from Meir, we learn tha
Genl. Arista with his whole force was still at
Monterey, and also that the report of Mejia's
treachery was doubtful.
. The Stesmor Margaret Kemble, Capt,
Parks, bouud from Plymouth to Elizabeth
'City, N. C. was lost about five milos from
Crecey’s landing on the morning of the 7th
:mat. ina heavy gale. Fortunately the yawl
'wn sufficiently commodious to accommodate
all on board, 11 in number, and by prudent
_management they wera safely conveyed to
:lCreccy’n fishery in about two hours after
!|--avmg the steamer i a sinking condition.
li‘l‘lw yawl was built hike a whale boat with a
sharp stern, but for which she could not have
‘ilmrd LW minutes,
I Navat.—A letter from Penseen'a of Pob
Lostates the Porpoise sailed for Vers Cray
that motaimg. The Johon Adams was g
readiness o despateh At n moment’s motiee,
but she would not probably sl within
two weehs, and nught be preceded by the
- Sumers.
Ruove Ispasn va, Massacnosrrrs.-
[ The arguments i this ease hetore the U,
| 8, Supreme Court, were closed on Wednes
Cday, of last week, Me. Wihapple of Provide nee
[ making the clesing argument lor the plain
"T’l"
Avams.—The speech of Mr.
Adams’ oo the Oregon question, like
every thing else that comes fiom him,
was listened to with deep interest. lei
views he took upon that question, while’
they disappointed many of his political|
and personal friends, could not fail to be
acceptable to the advocates for the whole
of Oregon or war. The following ex
tracts from his speech, we copy from the
N. Y. Express. Mvr. Adams said :
He wasready to vote for any question
of notice, from the most bold to the most
timid which had been prescnted to the
tlouse. lle founded oune claim to the
Oregon, put upon the declaration made
in the 26th, 27th and 28th verses of the
first chapter of Genesis, and which he
desired the Clerk to read. They were
read accordingly, and their effect upon
the House was most nmuoinf. From
this authority to go forth and multiply
the earth, we derived our first title. The
foundation of all human title to all human
possession rested here,
The following are the passages ol
scripture quoted by Mr, Adams : ‘
Aund God said, Let us make man in
our own image, after our likeness ; and
let him have dominion over the fish of
the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth.
So God created man in his own image ;
in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.
And God blessed them ; and God said
unto them: Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it ;
and have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over every living thing that maveth upon
the earth,
Mr. A. quoted also the &th verse of
he 2d Psalms ;
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the
heathen for thine inheritance, and the
uttermost parts of the earth for thy posses
sion,
Mr. Adams said :
The strongest ground of all titles was
that of possession and occupation. When
we had this,our title to the whole of Oregon
would be clear and wnconlestible !
THE OREGON RESOLUTIONS,
The resolutions, as passed by the House,are
in the following words :
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, 'l'hat the President of the
United States cuuse notice to be given to the
Government of Great Dritain that the conven-
tion between the United States of America
and Great Britain, corncerning the territory on
the north west of the Stony Mauntains, of the
Gth of August, 1827, signed at London, shall be
annulled and abrogsted twelve wonths afier
giving said notice.
2. Aud be it further Resolved, 'l'hat nothing
herein contained is intended to interfere with
the night and discretion of the proper authori-
ies of the two contracting parties lo renew or
pursue negotiations for an amicable settlement
of controversy respocting the Oregon ternitory.
Mg. Kinserv's new steamer, intended to
run between this place and Fall River, we are
informed will commence her trips in the early
part of next menth.
Erostus Brooks Feq, late of the N Y. Ix
press, is about to commence, in Philadelphia,
i connection with another gentleman, an
evening paper.
Saxta Anva.—Late accounts from Hauvana,’
state that Santa Anna is making preparations
to return to Mexico and assume the reins of
power, adjust the Texan boundary, cede Cali
fornia for money, &e. &e.
There were two hundred and seventy-tiree
square rigged vessels lying at the port of
New Orleans on the sth instant, of which
two hundred were Awerican, When the
crowd of steamboats and sailing craft smaller
than brigs is remembered, it may be imagined
what a busy scene the wharves at New Or
lcans present,
The Louisiana legislature met on the Oth,
and are to choose a U. 8. senator on the IGth,
From Mexico.—The U. S. brig Somers
has arrived at Pensacola, from Vera (Iruz.—-"
She brings important news, namely. llmt‘
Gen. Arista had declared against the new
government of Paredes and in favor of a re
storation of President lerera, and that the
country people had also manifested opposi
tion to Parcdes, and expressed regret for hav
ing permitted him to overthrow the govern
ment of lerera, assigning us a reason, their
dread of war and bloodshed. Mr, Slidell was
still at Jalapa,
There will be no War!<The correspon
dent of the North American, writing from
Washington, seems quite confident that an
amicable sctilement of the Oregon difficulty
will ere long be made,
Tur Orreon Denare.—~There wasa ru
mor nfloat at Washington on Thursday even
ing.that something important was transmitted
to the Senate, in secrct session. Mr. Paken
ham had a long interview with Mr. Buchanan,
and this fact may give rise to the rumor of a
i;l'onewul of the negotiation.
Tue Sreavsmirs.—There will be two
steamers from England next month, althongh
the semi monthly passages do not commence
until Apnil. “I'he Unicorn will leave lLiver.
pool for Halifax and Boston, on the 10th of
March.
07" Hon. Rufus Chonte has aroived home
from Washington, emw connsel far Tireell]
and Mesers, A& A B. Mernill are nvso
ted with hun,
<ln mwost of the townae ol
Conreetient topers nre terally deprived
of the eans of getting drook, The law
utterly torhids the sale ol wines or spinta
ous higquors in either lurge or small quan.
thes, exeept by heense fran the Board
of Commissioners, T most of the towns
they tefose 1o grant heense. In New
Lllnvrn and New l,umlml, none bhal
'npn!llm'nrwu nee heensod and they an
gequied 1o keep a record ol sl they sl
Torens
l From the N. O, Deltn Feb. 5.
From Texas.—Tlhe Galveston, Capt.
Wright, arrived yesterday from CGalves
ton. She left there on Monday, e
make up the following from the papers
Iwhich she brought us :
| 1t is estimated that one thousand fam
|ilies uf emigrants have crossed the ferry
'at Washington, (on the Brazos) during
Ilho last lfiwo months. There were
'four hundred persons collected ut one
‘time on the east bank of the Brazos,
waiting to pass over the ferry.
Messrs. Butler and Lewis, the com
missioners appointed on the part of the
United States to treat with the prairie
tribes of Texus, lately passed through
'the upper Trinity settlements, on their
lway to the Camanche Peak, where they
expect to meet the Camanches and their
'kindred tribes, and conclude a treaty
lwilh them about the middle of February
or at the full of this moon. Col. Coffee
of Red River accompanies them.
‘ The Texas papers are discussing the
'question of the division of the State in
‘to Congressional districts.
' A very valuable lead mine has been
'discovered on a small tributary of the
l']‘rinity, about 12 miles west of Dallas.
This mine was first discovered by a
'party of surveyors who were engaged
in running the lines of Mercer’s Colony.
We were informed, five or six years
since, by a gentleman who accompanied
one of the military expeditions to the vp
'per waters of the Trinity, that the ruis
'of an old fortress were discovered on
lllmt stream some distan:e above the
'present site of Dallas, and it was be
'lieved that the Spaniards formerly work
'ed a silver mine near that fortress.
Tue Neiw Corron City or Massa
cuuserts.—The Newburyport Herald
says :
““The new city at Andover Bridge, of
which so much has been said, is likely to
be built up very speedily. The Atlantic
Cotton Mills éompany, which hus just
been incorporated, with a capital of
$2,000,000, will commence immediately
the erection of four or five large mills,
and the Bay State Woolen Company,
with $1,000,000, will erect two large
woollen factories. It was the original
design of the founders of these enter
prises, who look to the ultimate invest
ment of not far from $20,000,000, to
commence their works in New Hamp
shire, either at Manchester or at Gar
win’s Falls; in Congord : but the restric
tions which the N. Hampshire legisla
ture insisted in imposing upon them,
alarmed the capitalists who were to aid
in the enterprise, so that they declined
to come in unless the works were brought
under Massachusetts’ jyrisdiction, and
on looking about for a location, the pro
pnetors fortunately found, in the site at
Andover Biidge, quite as desirable a,
place as that which they at first intended,
o occupy in New Hampshire.
' StrANGE SiGir.—Oa Monday after
noon, as a drove of cattle was passing
|up the Bowery,a bull terrier jumped from.
'the top of a stage on which he was
chained, in front of the theatre, broke
*his chain inthe fall to the ground, dash
led into the herd, and seized a youong
'f‘sleer by the nose. The attrighted bullock
rsmarting with pain, went ofl’ at full speed.
‘up the Bowery, with the dog clinging to
lhis nose, and all the time swinging clear
jof the ground. The steer would stop
.lnccauiunally, and endeavor torid himself
‘of the ugly jewel in hig snout, by dash
l)ing it an the ground, apnd agamst the
walls, the posts, and the trees, in lis
‘cuurse, but still the dog held his grip.
i'l'ho bullock kept on up the Bowery,
'with his head aond tail high above the
‘altitude of the heads and tails of “the
‘common herd,” until he was arrested at
|' Vauxhall Garden by some men, who to
[ thewr astonishment ascertained that the
|Edng was doad ! IWe understand that
|this dog was raised by Mr. Kelly, of the
Sixth Ward, who has more than onte
‘{rnfused two hundred dollars for him -~
||He was a sporting dog, and was trained
| for fighting w ‘the ring."—N. ¥, Globe.
WiaLe-Suie Lost.—A letter from
Capt. Goodwin, late of bark Tuscaloosa
of this port, dated at Rio Janeiro Dec.
22, gives the following particulars of the
loss of that yessel, The T was lying in
St. Joseph's Bay, coast of Patagonia,
and up to Oct. Oth, had taken three
whales, when a tremendous gale came
on in which she parted both ¢haips and
was driven ashore in a heavy surf, where
she immediately bilged. Capt. G. writes
~-‘After getting most of the cargo on
shore 1 fitted two boats and proceeded
to Rio Negro 1o try to procure a vesscl
to take the eflects saved and crew. On
!my arrival there I found I could find
nothing but a very old schooner be
longing to Capt Smiley of Newport. Hex
‘1 took and scot down to the Bay by My,
'Almy (mate) with water for the crew,
‘there being none inthe Bay., Aslwasup
‘on the point of strarting forßiver la Plaue,
‘in search of a suitable vessel, the Dap
‘ish brig Tefire camo in, aod I agreed
'with him to take the cargo and crew 1o
‘Rio Janerio for $£2,500. We artived
'here yesterday with the crew, all well,
(300 bbls whale oil, and effects saved
'from the wreck. Fall River Monitor.
l A Lesson ror OLp axp Youne. —lt
is the annoying and odious habit ¢f New
'England congregntions, almost without
lexception, if a noiso happens in any
part of the house,—if a cane, or um
| brella, or book falls, or an intrusive cur
{barks, or even a child yawns apdibly,—
lalthough i the midst of the most elo
"qm-nt and impassioned parts of o ser
|mon or address —for the whola audi
f’mwo to wheel round their heads, with
[the promptness, if not with the precision,
l‘uf a military company on drll. The
tencher shonld aauflor no #=uch habits o
grow upin the sehoolpoom, I they
et there, he should expel them .--
Whte attendme o reetation, the pupl
should be o d o ane e ommobality o
potton, s senses o h tivedness of
attention, antd has ood dosuch o concen
teantion ol s cnon s that wothmg bt
the ery of “five "o woine cgually penlons
wlarm, would be able 1o unloose them .
We ennnot expeet that this result witl b
cllvered e a wangle term, wor i oa s e
yeor 5 bat doag bhelore the common e
fod of @ sehool cducation s coppleted,
this work should be done .« Mre Mown's
Bepert io th Ligvslulure of Mes