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»« titnm, and this tomcKiiid Iwr ft.on the p»**ibtlny ol
*»»eh a movement.
It aeeuie*!, then, In me clear a* the light uf he*ven
•hat It would iiu dolor «- to n., k * ;» umo incut ol my
Mud. \\ ♦■ might, tnd* »d. g v* iir pvjiir *».uue ia< tit
ns m rex'hing ihe coin.try; a.id wtu.. they got there,
ve in ght rkl< :nl nor la u * over then, j<or**.inlly, Im? l n-n
erriiuriaMy. I doomed then, and J still d<>obl, even Itie
• apedtency if going to tor an ihat; but, most clearly, we
cuttld not set up out tows there t#rriiortaHy; »*rran*e ifc*
moment we should do that, we must ea!iihli»l) * custom
house, and levy and Collect duties; and if there i« any
■hmg that .'an alienate the . fl' c nm* of those |*nple from
•»*, it w ill he the collection ol high duties, t fur j***. j»le
nave gone there at their faihrrseatne •• Now K»»gland
it the beginning; and one important end they »**ek is the
enjoyment of free trade. They w ill r ntei il as earnest*
ly lor the free enj.ymenl t»| the trade of the Pacific as
^heir atn'cat jra did f«*r that ol the At lant'c he I .te the
devolution. It yve levy high do ties on their infant
trade, they will asm fid* ueghfs.ring Power who will
•* a lend to them greater advantage* m tlua resja'ct, aid
whose influence might rend the trrrimrv fro n you. My
drapoaitnm had hern to 1*1 them go there aid govern
themselves. That is a business I r which tlu v«ocit» to
have a native mat met. 'hat marks their origin. I «i
luem go them a id anil* the c*Olttry, aid then gradual
ly, and with great judgment and cjtttioo. emend our
laws over tin in, as it n<av hrcnii r ne<-ts«t*r\; lor line
t* the nn»i delicate and critical point in die whole uf
lair.
The other emirs** that lay open lo us was i;«jt p unted
out in ihe hill of 1843, which provided l->r 'he practical
assertion of our right* in ihe territory, and the rx>rcise
•il oor sovereignly »here to a certain eaient, by the pa*
*«ge of certain general law*. I thought this course not
to be a fit and proper one. I *aw very plainly what
would l»e the consequence; and, inde d, It require* bul
iiule r* flection to perreive tin*. 1 » extend < ur w-tile
loenta in Oregon, in cun forint y w ith the provision* of
that bill, Wutild lie ino»nsit>nl w ith the terms <f the
« -invention, and would speedily bung us either i« lirgo
"aiion or to war. I anurtp.iied ihai the r*suit would
l»e negotiation. And what then! N< oiiai-tn must
end either in compromise ..r war. | nev* r r old hrlfrvt*
•o any other result. I also mw tint, if we ntireprorufa•
r.l, it Uicat l*e on the parallel of 19 The past history
if the whole matter d» cided 11. r» •; aid. besides, ia «1‘.i
o as the boundary on (hit aide ihe mountains, most pro
pie would think if reasonable and (..mural, it sh.-uld he
the boundary on the other side.
But 1 wtuld go nei'tier lor n lice n. r for compromise,
so long as we ct.md persevere in what I conceived i<» in
the true Amenean policy. Hence | d:d most the toil
* I 1843 ,in common with many able men in l ..ih II u*
r». Il pasted here by an <qnvoal nnj.iniy «,f one
vote, (th. Senator vut-eg under m*'ructions m ihe rflir
mauve,) but it waa | .*l in Ihe .»i! *-r House. 8n.ee
then the proposition lor notice I. •* been repealed, with
a view to taking p>**e<-*i«Mi i f ihe whole country —
And so now we are while we an i i-.Mihni which alt
ought lo line lurcaceu where we mini compromise or
fight.
1 cay, the", if the-e is ai y rrtpnnstlnhty nt'arhrd h
the ctrcumaiam cs in which l find myself, I atm.d acquit,
ted IfoOi any parucipa'i n in it, | he re*jmn*ib:|it) In*
among my Incud* on the right. I m no t««i i-.,i they ad
ad patriotically, but impam nily — m .,?•« d m, »• u,*. tlM
patience - f Ifieir |*- pie Th. ) hin red ihem** In
to be pushed into tin ir pu ui p sin it w uhout due re
flection.
Now, being brought to thr • iierna i\e by rircumslan
ees over whir), | hate no c i.tn.l, I go I. r conii.romiac
and against war. Dot in this emir* I im urinated by
no si nine nly h ar i*f r n-rqurin* | i,n-,w that, under
the existing rate of the wrd.wsrs are *-iiio*iiiiie« ne
ceasary : ihe nlit.i et regard t r justice and »quiiy can
not alwriys prevent -hem. And when w«r most ..»• m»f,
I •hall ite Jttn t.g t» < U>i it n ncIi I mayappi.il ti» u<>
pail hum-ry in *u|-p. it uf thia aKserllun. Hut I »m n
verse from going lo war on tin* <p.»-11..11, I. r the reasons
1 have given. Hut n »t fur these „ul> I I nve anil high
er reason*. Alth-ogh war* may aiii.ins.x i.n-o.try,
yet peace i«i a |M*btive good and war in a p«m live evil, !
and I cling to peace s< | . is h ,-,n n- pt, ,iv.,| ,
•latently with ihe na'ional »aletv and hoin-r; aod I am
against v ar so long as it can tie avoided wuh.-ui a sae
rfice uf either. I am o| posed to war iu ihiv rme, be j
et'NM neither of these e&igrucu* « xmi: n may U . ns |
C ..reive, avo ded w ithout Race tiung either the ntiln nal
hover or the national *a 1* i y. Hut u tin o d<iug« r* did
fl'vt, t .a certain extent, war ta Mill highly m» tncdi
en' «rau*c mr right* in Oreg hi can !»« e.i*iain*d with
rnt»r« than an Mptal chince ol m en w without war ihan
with It. This la « fin it and wtn/hly in-.m against
war. II- w ho goes so Mouily t-. war for “all >•! Oreg.-n 1
nr now ,” n ay possibly rume nut uf it w nh “none.” 1
concede to my country mcii the p-*•. sun of all the 1
bravery . pain, l.sm, awl intelligence w Inch cm hr claim
ed for them, hut we hi all go into thm contesi wnh|
great diaadvauiagra on our side. A* long a* tireni
Britain has « large h.rce hi the atm, and m mis
tre«« ol the sta, aha can carry on the war m much Us*
•inert**.
rhere mat other remain why I an i j p si d to ii; ihc
war would a-on c< :»>»• to he i r On g.»n; ihe *tniggle
would be for empire, and it would l»e between tl e grmi
e*t Power in Run pe on the im« aide, and the tii.aiem
and m-*i growing and apinied people of ihe Wist on
ihc other. It would be p'e»std on upon both aides with
all the force, vigor, energy, and perseverance ol two
great and brave nation*; each wonld strike the odor in
the moat vulnerable pout*# and the blow* would be ire
mendnut. Amidst the uproar ol such a a conteat, <)•
regon would soon he forgotten -utterly forgulirn: to he
recovered, if al all, on the contingencies ol success or
me rr?er»<\
Mr next rrx-.in ij. though it is alleged il.it wo
must fight in order III protect our run. ns in Oregon,
instead ul llictr protection war would ensure ihcr inter
deal ruction. It is the must eertatn way to snertfice
linn. Thia I will never consent In do. The* are \
tneriean rllu nt—uur brethren and kindred. Mchavi
rnouuragid llieiii lu gu there; and I never will give n
Vole the reaoll ol which must la- their utter and sp, e
dy destruction, lint tl we riche a r t„| r tntse .,u lat
itude 49. they will all he sale, h r. il I am rightly in
formed, llierr t* nut a man ul them Iota' found hortl,
of that line. Ih'S will catty nil the |siinis we have to
virw, ail uf laor firing ilirm all.
I am ajainsi war, loo, I- r ira*‘in* i^inninn lu thr wlml**
L'ntun. 1 believe that the neat aucersatul and Irttiin
phaui war we could |s>asthly wage — even if in ten tears
we should got all the most extravagant advocate ol war
has dared to hope for—if wc cotiltl taho the l ana,la-,
sod New IIttinsw tck, and Nova Scotia, and every other
British possession, and drive her flag from the whole
Continent, and prosecute nor advantages till we had so
e. an (dished Ihedownfall ol the British throne, and she
should yield up spear and shield and Indent al'ottr feet,
it Would be lu us the inust disastrous event that could
happen. I do not tmw allude to the ravages and des„
latt.ms of watlare; lo the la-.ans id blood tliai must 11 ,w ,
• nd llie various niisenes that ever accompany the con'
lest of aims; because I have never observed that the
•lalrinei.l ol these things hail any great effect upon a
brave |>etiple. No doubt lira evils would tar ten great,
because there are no two nations in the world who can'
do etch oilier So 111,tell harm in w ar, or so much good to
peace, as Gleat Britain and the (oiled .Stales I he
devastation would be Iren cntloui on both aides. Hot
all this gora for n. ihn g; h r this may all hr repaired.—
The mdomtlalile industry, and enterprise, and perse
verance of our widely a,nerd and still spreading and
multiplying population, will s siti lino ways and means
of repairing whatever merely physical disasters wsr
can itiflirt. But war has tar heavier inf) ctions h.r a
free people; it works a aiartal and |Milttteal change tit the
people themselves, and in the elnraeler ol their ioaiitu
lion*. A war such as this will he of vast i xlent; ev
ery nerve and musrle on either side will !». strained to
tbn utmost; every romit antlahle dollar will be pot tn t„
requisition; nut a |airtioii of „t,r enure frontier hut will
beentne the sceue id contest. It wtUhei Mexican war on
the one side, and an Indian war upon the other Its
Sanies will he all around us; it will t,e a war on the l‘a
aiSo snd s war on the Atlantic: tl will iago on ev, rj
•ide, and fill the land. Suppose Oregon si,all be abnn
duned. we must raise seven armies and two navies: we
uinal raise sud equip sn army against the Mexicans;
nnd lei no man sneer at the mention of such a Power.—
L'uder the guidance and training „f British officers, ilte
Mexican population ean lot rendered a formidable t ncu.y
Sea what Britain has made of the ieel.le Sepovs of |",
dia. The Meateana are a braver and a hardier ptoplc,
and they will form the cheapest of all ar otes. W ith
guild training and good pay, ihey may ho rendered a
very formidable force. Then we most have anolher
■liny to guard our Southern frontier, and anolher to pro
leet our Noithern frontier, and another to operate on our
WorUisaatern boundary, and sidi another i«t rotor our
'Indian frontier. At the least estimate, we shall require
• fore# of not lean than into hundred thousand men in th«
aiZL. it 11 *° ***'• llle "•nerahle and intelligent
Albert Galftttn has calculated the cost of sot b a war at
!!!X a smlll","o '•[. d' IUr,i bul -t‘ •• ha,
******* A buuatrd OiJiiui.0 ib nut as giui
mt fif.j milliun* ninu bp riitrd »unuf!i)r, l>.
} I mn ur |«prr: so tiial, allowing Inn war lo Contmn
for »**ii him, w* shall have in .» . •uni -■! five l.u d <
million* *»f public deb* Add lo I lit* lb** !-■•*•« win* I
in nil i ace run. om loan*: n wi'l be very d fiicult to gi
these Ihim ni’|(ii|lBii'il lu Kor-!»*•, lor, ow ing t«» the hi
lonunale n .inner W which thi* afhm haa :n «-n • i ilucnd
• lie feeling lit l.nr j*e wid be g* nerady agh.nsi u». Hi
canine iditalu lit* ftquifnic «um* under art ini* real
dmiy oi forty |ef rmi. Add ad Id esc «xpei««4, a.
our loial debt wifi not b* he* than sctvn hundred am
fii ) ii.it|t ff>a
Hui ibis if not all. We aliall hr plunged into the pa
per system a* det j ly aa we were in ihe d»)* ol the ii* v<
oluitoii; and w hat will then be our situation at me c*»n
idii*loti of ihe aid W c shall be left w lib a morigag*
of seven hundred and Ilf l \ million* id d dlaia oil the A
in* Mean pouplc. lor it all la,I* on the labor of Ihe country
at la*), wild# much of the money will go lulu ihe |*»ck
eta ol il»o-e w fin »lru< k U'»l a id'W in the cor«u*»i. We
should lhi n have ihe task ol r’‘*n>riog a circulating me
dun » f a touodcr character, a d dial If in i!»•* deep* m
degradation ol ihe currency. i In* i« a hard j■ *1», ns all
«.f UN kiinw who have gone through with II. Ibwtde*,
the mUniro-c of ihe war will loitura: y u* lo obliieraie
Ihe line of disliiicllob heiwecri Ihe Stale and ((cucmI
t *ov# ri'ironia. We slail h • or no more nt»out Sum
If ’glim, hut i he (• .vi ronieni will become in effect a con
aoiidal* d n | ui i.c. Hy < ur very *iitc«*-, it will give a
idilnarv impulse to the'riMiional mind which rim never
be ov* rcoii.t I he an 11n r. ol die nation w dl *ci k con
qot Ml after roiq'ieal, nod will ►oofi hi come p wi ssed hy
u spirit toiallv incon.-iMei i w lift (lie lorm* and gunna of
our (j ivrrnieeni; and dus wi'l hnd.hy n airaight and
i nay road, lo dial gull ol all republic* a military del
|ioliani, Then we ana 11 have to provide lor l lute • r lour
-in ecNsful genera In, who wiIIp.hu r»e corn pen ng lor the
I'reaulemy. H> f'*re tin gi r.eralion which wage*! the
war kind have j n»ud nw*y they will w itm a* a conicsi
bciwe'ii hostile gci t rain, liewlto conquered Mexico,
and he who conquered < ahflihi, w i I each ins ,hi up< i
his right In the scat « I power, ami they will end ifnir
atruggle by the sword. Tittd«m il.ua lufcl, instiluiloim
thus undermined and overturned, never < an 6c recovered
The national rum w ill he irr. tin vabje.
I appeal, rhcfi, i<i gentlemen near me—lo my friend*,
w hnke *i | ara-ion from ua un tliia queation I du ply re
grei — ai d I any lo them, lafti for y u, who arc Democrats
fxirtrnIlnur fur you, w lm are die eurmii a of |apii
money, and ihe sworn dcptrnvcra of all hank* and aril
fil ial chissiH iriMdeiv in ll lor you in Vote lor a men
sure t I mu h very equivocal success /
Hot | l ave Mill higher reasons. I am nppoped to war
a* a fro nd m human improvement, to huuion nvilc/.i
tin , o Inn n i pn g ips and odvanccmcnl. Never .n die
tiiaiory of die wolld hi h itu re oicur'cd a period so re
ii Prkaide as ihe pear* w Inch follow»d ihe battle nf \\ n
terluo h r the great advances made m the condiilou of
human s cieiv, and that in various 1 urns. The cites
hi I*'11 »i"i «i" mi powers l ave been inn stigiii cl
and applied to advance tin* i*<»ii*t i11m of liunim 111«■ in n
degree f »r 1m vot'd all llm w as « vc r know n or In p« <1 he i
t -re C iv11 fcattnn has been spreading Hr influence fur
and wide, and ihe gnural progress ol Inman society
b'"* pped h'I Ibni bad been previously w nur sed.
I'lie in vc in ion i-l man lias sr an I upon t*. h m jug hi *4 t w,,
goal sgeiieo-M «>f llie iiatniul world which never before
w ere made (he servant* line I ri hr to • t< am and lo
eler Irteiiy under which, ol eoiir-r, I included magnetism
in all ns i'omi .men*. Sira n lias n« eu con I rolled and a
vathd ofh.r all ihe purpose ol human inlereourse, and
by Hr resiftileM energies Inis brought nations log el her i
wbom naime bud seemed to separate by insurmounia
hie barriers. b has shortened the passage acrush the At
lartlic m »n* (ban one-hall, while the rapidity of travel
ling on land has been three Uinta greater thin ever was
known Iwlurr. \\ llhin ihe same period man hat chain
ed llm very lightning ol heaven, anti brought H down*
anti made it ndinmtsler lo the I ramoni-Moii ol human
tlmtiglii, Insomuch that u may with Uuili hr said dial !
• hir idem are nut only iiamuuiutd mih ii,,. r.1 pi,|■ iy ul I
liglilliing, bill by lightning nself. Magm uirea are
si retelling 1 lienisi Ives in all ill.linns over Ihe glntie,
amj when ilieir myalin mealies shall at length have
been |iil, ilell, uur glul.e lla. II lull !„• cllduwiil with 11
scmmiven.ae w Inuli w ill render 11 iii.j naailile 1,1 lunel,
II ml any non poim and the lunch nut |„. 1,11 .. I
nil ul lie Wotlil bill,,, ullier, AH Ibis ||. g less, 1111 1
I Ilia prow III nl lulu.an hap|Hmx«, all this Kprciilofliu
n>*it light ai d know ledge, will be arrealcd hvwar. '
And Khali we incur a result like dial fur On g,,t,7 - I
Ami 1I1 m Murk la as ye 1 bill cuiimu need; it in bill ibe
breaking nl the daw 11 id Ilir wurld’a gum jululie. |i
I'reiniwa a il l) III 1111 re r lim meiil, mum intelhemal ]
brigh'iims, nii'ie lie ml idefaiiun, anil cimseqiienily ,,1
mme liunian liliclly, than Ihe wmld Ins ever Keen ftmu
1 u« rreaii..ti.
NuwiIib I lulled Slates and Kuglaoi! are two nations
in lie |!rr*eininrnily malm.malm bringing ahnul this
b*PPT change, be,' .Use I consider 'Item as' being Ibe
lima! ad sauce,! m the scale nl human 1111 pri»v t'lr.i 1, and
.... m further lliia ameliuraiiun he
they bate Ihe cnlr.il uf ills, gn aiusi and must
1 xlenalve 1 urn nerea at p. sen.x.. \\\. |,,V(.
been lima distinguished by I'mvidence lur a great ami
a noble purpose, and I irud we shall fulfil „ur limh
destiny.
Again. I am up;, iae I 1,1 w ar, because I hold 11, ,t jt j„
11.1 a lube ilelerm.. whether Hvn aurh mil,,us a. ihese
*'all exist lur Ihe future as Irienda nr rneuma A ile
• laraliun ul war uf une ul Ibein againal ibe oilier iinisi
lie lire maul with miseries, nut only 1,, ihemaelvi’a, leu
1 1,1 the w orld around them.
A nolle r reasntt It, 1I111 mighty means arc now put
mil ibe hands ul hulIi In cement ami secure a perpet
ual peace, by breaking duw n the harriera ul cuiniiu rcc
and uniting lln in mure closely In an nm rivurse uiiitn
ally belli lima 1. 11 Ibis shall be 1(1001 n p I Ishl, I ether ns*
lb III w ill. alter another, fellow ibe lair example,
ami a stale ,.f g. ru ral prosperity, liereinlure unknown!
I will gradually uinie ami bless ihe ualiuna uf ibe world!
Ami far lie te Ilian ilial. An intercourse like lies
puiiits in dial inspiring day which philos,.pliera havu
Imped b,r, xv| idi pveis have seen in llte brtgbl visimis
nl I iim v, niul xs lii.'li prupheev Hs seen m Indy vision_
w hen men kI...|! learn war n,i mure. \\ Im eau roiiicm
plate a Male id the w .rld like ibis, and n 1 fe, | In.
Imarl exull at the pi,,a|ieeiI Ami wliu ran dnubl that
m Ibe I and id an mnnipuieul Providence. a iree and uri>
res'ii, nd commerce shall prove out) ul'the greaicai a.
ill lirinoir jt it n'l.tut.
I'many, lam ngninst war bceiU'W n»nco— nraco is
pre eminently imr policy. There are nnHons in Hie
ooll.l wlm limy resort to war for the selilemenl of iheir
ilill, leneea. arnl anil grow great; but that nation is not
nor*. I n vide nee hns east our li.ippy iuhernatire w Ion,
im frcnlier extends Inr twenty three degrei a ,.l laiiiod,
along the Allamic cast. Il ha* given us a land wineh
10 natural advantage*, is perhaps unequalled hy any oil,'
er. Abundant in all resources; excellent in cIiiiiuih,
tcriile and exnberanl in soil ; capable iif sustaining, in
11 e plentil'nl enjoyment or all the necissariea ol hie, a
population ol two hundred iiiilhon id souls. Our gr.’ai
n.iwwi.m as a ..pie ,s to occupy Una vasi domain—there
to lulfll the primeval command to increase and mulll.
ply. mid repl.all the land with an industrious and
v i il nous ... to level the for, sis. and let in upon
Hour solitude iltc light of day; to clear the swamps '.ml
morasses, and redee-n them to the plough and the sick
lr; to sprtad over lull and dale the echoes of human labor
and human happineaa and c o ienliiirnl: to fill the land
wi ll CHIes and towns mid vilages; lo unite ils opposite
exitemiiies try turnpikes and lailroads; to scoop out ea
Iials lor the transmission ol i,s products, and open rivers
lor its micros! trade. War can only impede Hie fulfil
■*"» high inissieii of Heaven ; n absorbs ih.
weabii, and .hveris Hie energy which might be so much
bell. I devoted lo the improve.. ofuiir counlrv. \||
we want is |ieae.. - esinblished peace; and then nine, on.
der the guidance of a w ise and eaulioos policy, »,]|
etlecl lor us all the rest. I say lime will do it,under the
.ire id a wise and n aslerly inactivity—a phr ,se
Il.an which none other has been Icea understood or
more grossly m.urepr. fdiied. Hy gmue u Im should
,MV® «»»'•"'» iwtter. ii hsaheeH runs'rued Id im-dii inac
Hon. Hut mere inertness and w hat is meant hy a wise
Inacimiy, sie Hungs wide apart as the poles The
one is the offspring ol ignorance and of indolence • u,e
Olher IS Hie result »f the profound™! wisdom-a wisdom
e-htch looks I.the nalure and hearing ol things- which
sees how conspiring cause* work out their effects and
shape and change the condition of man \\ here we' find
lhal natural causes will of themselves work out our is.k
grsid, our wisdom IS to lei the.n Wu-k and nil our lask
is lo remove iin|x>dimeiils. In the present case, one el
the greatest ol Huso iiupedinienla la found in our mi.
patience.
He w hn cannot understand the difference between an
inactivity like this and mere ampul inaction, and Hie do
mg of , olhing, is as vet bin in ihe hurn-Hmok of p lin
eal science. \ es, lime—ever laboring time—willcffecl
| every Hung fm os. ()or population is now increasmo
at ise annual average id six hundred ihimsand. I,el Ibe
j next Iwr-iny-five years elapse, „,d our increase will
i have leached a nu|lioii a year and al Ihe end ul that pe
riod we shall count a .population ul forty.five miliums.
[ Hel.rre <I ni day, it will hare spread from ocean to ocean
Ihe roast uf lb* Pacific will then be a* densely p .pu.
'»i*J i»*d •* thickly s< i (J with vi!isg**i and to* t # *•
the r» t*t of the Atlantic in n w . I . the* >j' "* ’
*u sin. I l».a t- fi i i i • _ fi i y uni. .4 i I* e, and# *f
Ml i till |»fl Mf¥»* W l| » filial i M|* l bott'uli i‘* ,,u f
I - vfii y .f . nr » .m.* 1 \\ nil <n • but pl*f*»*d
il •* \ ii it 11<* at . «,i i.er mi Ibe I *.. * I, \ wr shad " **
infV i lb*- (mo nl,I i‘ni«i|fi« o'# ol ibe
world - a I* * him eminent y cftictilalrd i«» *oi ore t<« us
In-r.'iiiiii*n e aod die indiinii'c uf b-»ih. Il we ubtue
}iy ibi counsels oI'eimniimi *,-0*0 —tf uc micpiuI hi pre*
serving our rnnaittutfunal liberty, w e shall tberi exhibit
i »|ri i n"i* mi ll a* ibe world never sa.v. I know that
ini* >.fie great mission is enerniipas-cd with difficulties ;
inn Mieli i* ibe Inherent energy ol our |>o|iliral system,
and surli its t xpan* ve capability, that it may be made
I . g vrrn the widen space. |l uy war We i>e • one great
we cannot be free, il we will be both gfi at and free,
our jh-Iu’) is peace.
Ill fore I M -tUdie rny a* at, all w me to say a few
words which relate personally lu myself, and then I
Will relieve the Neste.
I have been charged with bav og more inclination f..r
lb*- annexation of Texas than lor the retention of ()ri»
gon,and ii has been said that my jtarliafilies are strong
tor 'be .South, but v. ry weak ineoinp.iris .fi lor the North
Hot wl.y n I’eXas HjM.kii- of ns p.w iieubtrly* e..imeei**d
with ibe >oui!»ern Sines. | always thought h ai Tn*
as b.nned n psl’i, arid u very | in porta nl pan, id (lie v/il
by of tin MissiMsippi, and ibe heart* id all who loved
the Went W ere particularly set upon i.h fotpnsmon as a
no an* <»f perf« cling and consummating ibe union id nur
great W estern world. I i ever knew that T xd. wa*
coiilirii d to a Houtberii hrimde. f thought i;s bigm-r
pinions extended up to tin* Isllliirje . I 4V£° iiorth, n <1
far In rn the great pass < f tbe Iforky Mountains; ai d 1
have been in tin* fiabit nf supposing that be Southern
Sian n | r- per find not so gr** ii an ti.tr rest in ii ns bad >l»e
or ea i W rat. lint it si ems I w as w fortg, and lie min \
a’l 'ii ol T» xas uas a purely South* rtt fitieaiiou Ad
•billing tl *n be ho, | pm my delete e oil the gr-urid n.at
I bn vo treated both cjiu stnns tu n n an < r In si
c iI-'uIi'm I ti k " |» b iin, an I that tint four-.«• I
pursued was the irtilv • ff'dual mean* to umteTcxa* and
to retain Oregon. Il my rouise wn* different towards
the two, it whh because tin* cireniusiineeH el tbe two
were entirely different. In the case id I exaa time was
against ij<j in the ease ol Oregon tin,** whs for ns; aid
hence llic difference in my policy. Texas has been s« *
cured. W e were at a point win re s re most come un
der our influence, or under that of England, f w isaox-*
n it* to pr« vent the I liter, and m eur< the former, and I
knew ifint lime would be against us. I had to contend
against tune, which wait* lor no mart. Thai was no
ease for n masterly inactivity. I therefore wrist led
boldly w lib the rpirtjltoii, and sucres* las p*. ved that
tbe policy was Sound, lint, in the ease . f Oreo on, t,me
was it our luvor. My policy in butn cas« * wjmthevime
— In avoid war. and In j it fine pi m< . | bad to fears
»d n WHI with England. I knew (list T Xaa was nn
independent Stale, ami bar! ho been arknaw b tig, d by
England bersell; ho iIihI, il the pe< pie ol Texas cuimenl
ed to the annexation, the oppostti. n of England bad
nothing hi stand *»n: an.l vve bad noibiog io tear from
M< xo’o, miles' she was aided by England; him! that
England would nut nnl In r uiilens with a view to tin
Oregon question. Audi thought that, if the Texas
•ptcMti' li was now settled, there Would be belli r leclmgH
between tin and England. Wear.- both ih, dest end
nr.hoi the Name stock— ho lit jealous and brave—both
(olid (loo bind) of war; England would have interand,
and then it would cost us a war to fee. vi r that which,
by a wise and a bold policy, we might hove *fli dually
Heeti red.
Mr. III. If K I IN next obtained the fl tor; and the
S>•nine adjouincd.
jffovciflu futrUiflcnrr.
• If rival nl' //»#• llil/vrn la,
TWENTY TWO DAYS I .All .U FROM ED
HOPE.
'1 lie steamer Hibernia is in nl Halifax ami Boston,
w it li ailvn-es Ireni l.ner|un,| In I he 41 It mslanl.
I lie meal 11ll|u.rIwIII llein III mlelllgenee is 11,„ Vllll,
in ilie ilrntsh House ul I oiiiinuiia, in lavur ul ibe new
l urn Law aclieme ami Tnrill if Sir K.Ihm Peel |,v
llir lircldril i• ij rny ot **7.
1 hi' Iren I r.ule was in loll vigor, a, .1 the iron mas
lers were lull ul orders, The Irade was cmiseiiiienlly
very brink. J
l 'I leu up III I lie arrival id I lie I'mliel ship P.uriek
lleiuy had lain depressed m pree, hill Ilie news
breegln hy her In leg eoneidnrd el n somewhat hesiile
eharaeler, the prices rallied and the muikei hei aiet
dimer.
Previslel sand Fleur were dull, and the Money mar
Krt,— in oonarqUHtice ui the 15 mill.. ,,i ... ltt,
lino lurked up hy the railways—was very imhi.
The article ul Maize, „r Imlnn l oin, w„s becoming
very pnpulai aiming Hie people.
'i lie Freud, have met with di-aslruus defeats in \|
yiers.
Areennts from Berlin slain lhai Mr. Wheaton the
''•»»’? ... and Mmisier Plrrilpmniliary el
Ilo I mu d Senes, had led that eny for London.
Lems Plullippp is said In he In lavor el relemeo the
0,,'8"» dtsputi.he arhinalien el thlee Eenhsir.n.1
nine Aim nean genii.. . ihus carrying eul'ihe nl.a
el Mr. \\ mtlirop ul Mnssaeliuseiis.
'• hl' 'mere. Mmiaier In I.Inn, Mr. M [,,„p ,s
lunfmed In Ins I,uuse hy severe indiseusiiim,. II
unable le alien,I her Map siy’s levee m, ibe ||,|, |,ul
was represeul.il hy Mr. Gaiisev.mrl Melville, his’se,
IIIry oI Legal inn.
i\om Iht l Aver pool Timm, .l/urc/i 4.
OF.NF.ILAI. SI MM A I! Y OF NEW S.
/Ve/.ninfl'mis/ui- |F„|\ —Whether nr uni we are I,
have war, great prepa ml ions are being made I r n _
I lie army is tu he increased In,.. „ P„. the milii , are
lobe in readiness lor immediate Iramiug; the or,heme,
eurps are tu reeeive an aeeessioii • ,1 T „5tlO mneihe
mval mi),lues 251.. , and ihe lam) ... bp
Ime UIUO. I he leer.ase ul ilie navy w ill be about iUUO
men.
Free Trade principles are becoming popular in
ranee. 11
SubsC'dions for the distressed Irish have been cum.
mrnoeil »\ ( uleiittn.
I5 irtin \’on ILihiW, Minister to the "King of pnisSja
iliod «i Itcrlin recently.
h r nn 1 ithih we liCsif that ihe cholera is mg -r fu*
rioiisly. *
tin,tu Victoria and Prince AIhcr v ” ,s said ali”
heT ■wmchtneftt, visit Franch. The Duke end Dud,
ess,uf Nemonrsare tu repair to Lot,dun to accompany
111 one year, ending 5lh .Ian., |S46, 2'>1,Q|| quarters
a';d wl,p»l 11 "" were imisiiled li’ilo Eu'.laml
irom artaun.
' fieri of simmers is to assemble in il.eStirim. hy ex*
ereise in lire Channel. »
S"|". ,’l the Birmingham manufacturers have memo
rul.zul t ii U | eel in favor ol lire abolmun ol the duly
ou iin and copier nrn». ^
Am.I,ling In the firm an newspaper. , rhere is now
.rg'"U nr seven,1 psris el Boss,a a vn.leni drs, ase among
( .till* . similar in every reaper -, m therlmle,a
Vk.d'hl,"8, 1"u,r'"“ry 111 ''“"junrliiin, one
: -v Ir,,"‘ "»!' r, lire Ollier In s',am |,„ „
- Ipliune seal, Mr,I,aieur Tremblay has. n ,s sard, ,U
herd a saving ul filly per rent, in fuel, aeumreil meal
a,i.f,1.;;"al power, and r.s sail wine, mi..
aiher .Matthew has p.rhhsherl n h irer, are.parried
'l l. aper imena id bread and "sHraho,,..” made Ir, rn
xe!"l m'h' ’ “,e ",,w I" m I red eee il„,
hm it '“‘I, .. «-l.m.i.l.»« . ,1m
tLTtSKSS- ....•"» »•
Nmwa'rsir .'""ir1 ‘•'""'"'■rnal treaties with
v^TV drim v I T"rk S N..I.U. .si
• ■ ■■) ].‘“P 'Si d » III! regard Ul her tariffs anil
is said, intends m make very ereat neel ii ’ ’
| tlrenr, ' mnitilieatinns ,n
'I'he idv, hruaehed by the I.nn.lnn Tm.es „f it.. r,
establishment id monarchy in Mexico hash
• |I.trjw.n the whole will, liver he , I. reeervs |
tTuhlrean dees nm deneunee' ,T'7, 1
'o'dneedr.j'h 7*'"" Kt-'-vernmen,“"may he
dupe ! I a'land’' ( UI" b,‘*k«“ “ * -do - the
' grand hah' V \l' ^"'ei’ean Minister, at Par s, gave a
yl'i'd, Vlrv'"' ... Uasnr.gten-s
treated r\IT I' Jr e, '*,“8 11 ni"RI splendid one, and ap
ind w, l 7r< ' lni!,'"sl Uralili-aii.H. mail the gues's
7ae „ 1,11 ",e mu*1 bnH»« uf the present
\\ aslenoien Irving, rhe l iritr d Stales Mmialer at
Madrid has,p„„ed |-a„sni,er several weeks way.
* * lpx*out llie Lniied Siaiea Munster ai Prussia,
18 Mow ih*.r*».
IlieCailmlie Biahnpof New V rk is in Parra, and
1 n. "* " (’rpHl'*""8 sermons. The nr* s»*t part
jo ms •iiJiUiri ha* consisted uf ftnglisti and Irish Caih
« tv*. | u« ltiahupul 'IVxaa is al*v here, having evme
111 r* pf money, and in obtain piieat* to lecomptny hirr
i | s.i', t • a- * . p?.» . jat 11 «' <■ tu b IPs rnt
► *i i* ward lo havn beeo is *ue*:e*slul a■» lie could pe
niy » i*h.
».f the (iewNpapi rs pan lively de. lare that t!u
jn.vrruti e»ii .is iJ* ti-ru **cd i"l • * pioceed with lb
jifn|»-se<| » X|»(JiHoa against MuJ.igi-i »r
Aisuy parts ut Fran e have Mill* ml j' verely from
tiniidNttoiiM '1 *n* water*. It hhii, have now retired.
i foe weather t« tooel beautiful and inilU — like spring oi
early Hummer.
i A great deal of satisfaction ha* been felt here by l!u
hi v utTunis having abolished slavery throughout hi*
j don iniwna.
laed is said to Inve offered to arbitrate between
France and the republic of iiayii* in the pending due
|,Uie, inf/ there is lio doubt the offer Will lie accepted.
The Fm ill’ll f hambi 's have voted h sum ol m**n y
j. ,f the establishment of a line ot steamer* between Ha
vre and New Vork.ao that when all the projected **va
por shije,*’ are *11 Helton, n daily. or nt least a semi
oriUv mail between Knropeand America will have
been Ki riirol. The jointed and aucceesfiil managers ot
ilie Halifax mini mean.era are tuiildlug anoliier fine ves
re| lo aid tin ir already sf bmdul fl. el ol steamers.
( o'M MiCHC IAL.
The jcarqjty of money ha* been making itself fell in
the ( i*ti«*n market. During ihela-t (oriinohi the li ar
kei has Ih cii dull, with receding j rte»a, and ma>ter»
would have remained in tills lethargic state, had 't nut
been for the arrival, on Muiida y, of the Patrick Henry,
w lilt* ft Ball'd on tiuldli, and which haabrouglit itie
Pn Hufeiii’* Message to ( ongress, and the rorreipon
deuce liel w »e*i the Hritlsb and A nor lean M; ulsters rela
tive to the Oregon. 'I he turn which this vexed ipiev
II n has taken has t xrited surprise; for it v a* Imped
that the i . i,men ial measures ot the pnifol (» »vern
merit would have farilit.itcd tlie Bell lenient of the ills
pule, i ri leruiV aatishietury to h *lh parties. The t ni
ton market advanced **n some description** an eighth
when the hellioireiit purport of the nilvtecs by the prick
* l transpired. The pt r» rnptory refusal o| ti e American
(invert menl I • submit the *pii*siion t<* arbitration, on the
ground ihat it Wo j|d iherebv recogniz** tin* rights ol the
llrih-jh f• ov* miner.t lo a portion el Oregon, ih regarded
as puerile, n *t I * r-ay iohtiliieg The friends <*t peace
noiiiru that the arbitration n'miiul have been ho uncere
nioi ioiisly r-j.-eo d, and Ms i flei t upon the (’ollon cuiit
kel has hei n, as we havf si lted, to mike it in »r.* deci
dully firm. 'Flip pilot boat, WTIIt-iin J. It cner, which
wip'd in company wnfi tin; Patrick Henry, has not y« t
nrmed. She t$ Raid to t»« the beitnr of Mr. Paeken*
fi:»vvi*h despatches to the Hrjiiali (»<»vernmeul. The
paek* • experienn d heavy weather, otherwise it is pmb
aide tint tie miniature craft might have cut a more re
s, or*table fi ore iii the race.
i lie weather n Kuglaud continues unusually mild,
K Jl s i 11 ct i n run it tail to ma ke l Is* I f fell i >n • lie grow mg
er *ps. Veofiatiofi IH extremely forward. Tlie winter
altogether has been one of the utohl uuwinterly on re
cord.
KNULANirs ( OMMKIU IAL POLICY.
I lie agiiitmi which is now proceeding in Lvur of
Unc trade i . almost exclusive|y confined lo ihe walls til
PatliuflifMit. I lift people out ot door*— the greal mass
of this thinking, intelligent, stirring nation, require no
fill '|'f w m t no ltier r> 11\ e,lo w t d I In fn lo I lie rouse. Their
love is i!o» p ntul abiding. They are prmsive, but not iu
d flerent Kpoeiators ol tlie conflict,— |i is the nation ver*
m/.i the lords id ibe soil, justice and expediency on the
oi r side- obstinacy and eellichness • n il.e olio r.
We have alluded below to tlie inoMster dobate, and its
all hut hi nister majority —a majority loo polen' lor the
launlnrds lo struggle agnii st. I lie safely ol the iiiea**
sure is insure.!, Hid our trnnsailatric readers, engaged in
c.uiiimree with Lug land, may rest satisfied that Pre|L
eoiiimcreint policy will become ibe law of ibe land.
I here will be wrangling, there will be delay, bill there
wi;l not, cannot be del. at. ’I bo events of the last lew
H v* sho\v i|i~i i||(. Ilmjsenf Lords will sw allow the
p.li;wnh wryfaees.it may he, like children taking
medicine, hut 'In) w ill gtHp it d< w it. fn in a eonvie
t on ol iis lueessliv—combined, probably, with a con
\u non equally strong, that they will he made to do so
should they turn restive.
1 he divtHt. o on Saturday presents s mje curious re
siHn. Ibe I h'tise, tis our read* rs are probably aware,
c i»wis. « ot ti.iO member''; • l these, 227 Liberals voted
wiib ibe M oister, ami I 12 l ories — total, 331); against
ki'ii, II Liberals, and 231 lories—toiai, 242, w Inch
m -kes ihe majority U7. Pliere were 3U Liberals ah
s« oi a id l.» I ones. I I Liberal pairs, 13 Tory pairs; 5
v leannes. and ibe speaker, G; making up the lull cmn
plimenl ol ihe llou-c, G3G. .sir Uoheri Peel’s supper
II ,'1- ** "‘ill ill * be seen, ooly number aboul a stx-h ,.|
iho iftpreisciii.iiion, and in tlie estimate are ineluded 2/
ofli la's. |t is char then, iliu? wnlmm tfie aid of ihe
Liberals he would have been hoifdu combat; in other
w• i is, he would have been destroyed by those win
made him.
As wc have been the steady and consistent advocates
• I !• r.-e-tradc since our first appearance before the A
Nieriran public, we may he pardoned for the « xpresaim.
ofutir gratification at ns present ovation. I ditsiry,
combined w nil an unrcstrieti -d, \ change ol coin modi lies,
is ihe s .iirep oi all wealth, w nether of nations, or ol
individuals I .be ploiigb.-harft and ilie shuttle are ex
ei llent prew rvaiivcs ot ifie peace of nniions—hetu r Inr
iIi.iii ball or bayonet. An identity of inlerpsl has an em
olli'ot « ff. et on people’s pa "ions. No country in tin
world possesses so many requisites for the attainment
ol uaiionnl wealth, in ihe fret* and enlightened spirit ol
, commercial reciprocity, as ihe United States. Tim re*
sources id ilie s-.il, the energy of ihe citizens, tlm mag
! n fi et i economic, internal trana I by rati and water, a
' splendid marine lor carrying its products to the ends ni
i r • urth all tin se great natural and acquired advania* i
ges point it out us a pro einmeuily fertile and exporting ]
eoimtry. Tim capah,lilies of Auu riea are hut half de- j
vi• |"ped. 1 lie young giant is only in leading strings!]
^ Ih s,‘ 1 ' 1 • • • -1 llit is Ives upon os when w ♦
traversed that great comment, and the eonvie.
, o-ti is sirriioifiM.rd as we glance m “our mind’s eye”
;ai ihe triumph ol the undevelop ed futurft, as f.reshadow
ed in the enlightened fiseal p .'iey of Sir It dim Peel.
the MON,vn;i{ UEUATE.
| Tie great debate ell .s,r Kebert Peel's fr>anc.;i 1
-.■l,e„„ , which < x,ended ever three weeks, and all .r,led
i»d t> r twelve me him* luco'Miint oratory, was tir>uohi !
, a r|‘ "" i*"1 «“ ""tnj of S n unlay last, by a rims
; l',n wdiieii o i\o III.- .Minister a majority of ninety seven’
I orhatneiit it ;$ *»* en Hiding more than a m mill, and
notlnito has been done—absolutely noihinj», l .r we are
[as yet^ only interino on the threshold of the invest iga» I
tion. i lie debate which clogi-d on Saturday is the first
•Im; .•'**!» 'I'*' pH * airs- r of ihe {general ciigijfeuient.—
I he Ii ...c<\ by Ihli majority, has only pledged l(sell to
00 into coiiiiiiittev* All the niuliitan -iH parts of ihe
scheme have yet to be ills • ts-pd, and alli'ined or reject
e«l hetoie it reaches the I louse of LofJs; there the game
lime consuming process is to he repeated, umJ probably
• he sj>rmo may he 1.1 r advanced, or w.-limy h.iv#'got
nun the Mimii.t r solstice, ere legislative adjudication
he complete,
lint tin- late nf Hip measure in ll,o Lords is pregnant
" Hit ennse.|nen,m* nl the highest, the omst command,
inn tuii-rpal. P.ne isure is safe tit the Cnninintis—
ili u is nmlenhude; is u s„ i|„, w.ll the
1 -ers, with a inaj.,rtty In the Cnmniuns nf 97, and tri
tin- pu spin Mate Id I Ariin I public leeling, Ifirnw „iii the
nieiisnrn, and thus Oree un a dlssnliilinu nl Parliament?
Our firm Indio IS, that tin- Peers will pass the bill; and
*n this.-pinion we arc "ireii4tb«med hy me private lestt-j
m“"-v ot MJV*'ri,l oil! i' iittaI iii.-inhers of I’aihament,
with w hose views we have been favored.
(-oncs)U)U(iinre "/ the /European 7V«let,
llUNCE.
Paris, I'Vhrnary 28. —A p.slseripl In tn, letter ir
" J Oiunnl tbe amundnie.it nf M,
Uewf. r, hy a very luge tmtj .rily. The etl.-el nf Oils. I
amendment was teexpress a snri nf sy.unalby In il,e
Lulled Stales in preierenee in England, and its
fun was, iheftdnre, remarkable. Anuther amendment,
•* a similar character has since met w ith a similar I
late.
I Ins was I lie last debate that lias taken place m tin
1 renal, Lban,here „n Ameriean affurs. Ii i, j.nnnr
.mill, Itself, as shewing that the opinions .if M. tiuize
a d the policy nl the ((...eminent have nndergmie
change w ,merer; ami as shewing, .Is.,, J, ,„
zz,::d; j.- *"»-< -«a
"'ieCha,n1,e,!'l,,'nppuT‘s.',"d UVVr 'lml"« »"J ""J
.n.’l:1: ,'!'*• pruopH.H this „„e were eve,
.. ....
uninn tieiw.-en Krai ..'.r*11 «!*'<« fid mliiiiiii
emininea | ,”!! „*“* *' »» -re—thiiI the ,»
lnr -'*'1 f.riiine—Out 'end,' \yu[l ***'*** l,,r ‘-"K’d a'"
■xr w^rrL7»;;;
iSrMrafi:
1-ranee mad, a blond.. i>11 ail' ifia
Ohd.rtn the rexan businer., jt*0„U
ii—rf-fc
'.it be 9npp«*d that she would timely auhmft to be ra
:! I *r li in .1 I**- - I nt’* M»-**age. \ gre.it and glu
• ms nvi m like Fu • » nml mil be ««»ti *« d I ke .1
-*fi '"lii »y. even m nen derided !v wrung. In returning
■ r. B ilk’s n!.» a , she has struck harder than w is » x*
eced, anil s! e has taken an aitiiu le which h reafter
iay h«:..t i miiieusc gravity in the Lull'd Stiles. Ills
1 1'ily. a great pny, that sire should hiv* hi-eu Dreed
nbi It, e-pe ualiy al a p» > 1 *d when w.triiuot altogether
ntHOMiitile between the U. Siaietand Great Britain.
On ihe Oregon question the newspapers have said
milling of late id Htifli nent importance to lie cited. The
/V«Me, h iwi ver. Conservative, though an ann-Knglish
•ewspaper, in noticing ihn statement of a London j or
al, that the Kngliah govern nent had consented to ar*
•epi ihe offer made by Mr. Gallatin of a division at ihe
UMi degree ol latitude, notwithstanding it had been
previously haughtily r* I used, say s that 11 is a (Tool that
Fug laud w ill c*‘ de w hatever Ihe United Niat* s persist
10 demanding. Nobody here thinks, or has ever thought,
•hal this ()r» g in sqoHhhle would end in war; Inti » v« ry
J body thinks mat there has been lar too much stupid nee*
I Hiring oil both sides. The debates in Congress nti the
I ma'ier are re produced 111 the newspapers as they arrive
| without coinn cut, hut Ihe votes that w ill follow them
ill excite great iuierewt.
I he resolutions of Mr. Allen about the rioriinterter*
mer of Kurnpeau governments on the American conti
nent have nurse! id v»rv link* attention here.
LBKA I BAT I LK IN INDI A.
ilmr Innu.itind line* hmidr. d ijritls'i and native Ironjis
killed and wounded and reported Loss of thirty
thousand Sikhs at JSloodktt and l erozeslmh.
Oor aivic»s Iruin Bombay kiiich the Hailing of
ihe steamship Cambria cuinc down to January 1/th,
and liirnisi, accuuuis of mm 1I1 • greatest battles ever
longhi hy the British in our Indian empire, in which
wo have SIM lined the known D-s , f 3.300 of our brave
Milliters, mem.lug the gallant veteran, Sir ll.beii Sile,
^lr * askill, and Major Broadl ol. When these
accounts led the scene ofaciiun lor Bombay 1 ,r trans
ililssinr! In Knglaud there were several VtgimeiilK from
* rH,m* bail 11.1 hi en r ceif♦ d, so ill u a further loss
may lie calculated upon.
An extraordinary gazette gives the < ffieial account of
alliln- ini It 1 u ry operations in this gr**ut struggle. The
reMili we are proud to say is as glorious and decisive a
vicmry hh ever crowned Ihe British arms, and equalled
only by the field id \\ alerloo. Previous to laying he*
lure our readers copies ol the mure important dispatch
es, we prefix the hdlow in*r hriel ou'lp.e : On the l‘> it
* * . ami | )ih ol December, the Nikb army crowed the
S-'h j w nh. at ihe lowest estimate, 80,000 men; ol
w h. in 20.000 *r 30.000 with cavalry, and about 150
pu ces i I cdiimei ol ihe largest calibre moveable in ihe
fi‘ ld ai d exquisitely fin sin d —an artillery immeasura
bly mure powerful than was ever brought into the field
ly \\ elliiigiuii or Napoleon. 1 t.s only in morals that
the Sikhs are in he ranked as barbarous. Thev are a
race as vigor*.u* in body as anile in intellect, and as skil
lol in all the arts they cultivate, of whicb war is the
chid, as the generality ol Kuropeuns. The place at
which this formidable host passed the river may ben-,
bout forty or fitly miles Inmi Lahore, ihe Ripnal ol the
I'imj.uib, and within a much less dtstanee ol 1*% r. z pore
the most advanced ol the British posts. Ft r z q»-re is
alt. in fillet n or twenty miles from the p‘*im ui which
the S khs crossed the river, if 11 is sc much,
Ihe invaders having established themselves and or
ganized (lit ir Ion e on ihe British side of tie* Nuilej
made Home blight deuonstritloim of attacking Fen-ze*
p«»re io the inierval between the 16 h and 18th but
up* ii the last tiBitnd day, broke up, ami taking the direct
road to Delhi, proceeded in a ecu thirty directum as 11
they would mask Fcnzepore having 11 Am their right.
In this dtreeiion a diviKcn ot 30.UUU of the invaders h id
proceeded about twenty fivemilcs to a place called M .0
tll.ee, w lieu oil the evening ot the Igili. they were met
by a pari ol the British army, cuuimunihd t»v So llugti
Gough and ihit Governor Grnetal Sir I Gory liardtnge, 1
"ho as second in command took ihe fi* hi in icrsm.—
A fi ree conflict ensued in which the Sikhs I..si ihe ar*
lillery aUacloil to their division in t.ii'oher enteeu
guns. It was in this stage ul the hanle that Sir If .bert
Ssh* and I eueral .M* t ask ill 1**11. ’| bp contest proceed
ftl languidly Ilirougl, the I'J I. and 20 li, the annu s on
both sides being oecnpied wnh the IminhI of their dead,
anti ihe re-Tgan.z 11 .on ol their respective armies. Du
ring these ‘.wod.tya ihe British commander received
• r. iiii •rremeiiis, lint the invader* having lallen
upon their iuhim h..«!v, probably 30,000 nr 10,000,
pr* settled a ur<idigt«.usly augmented three v\ hen Ihe smcd»
nl* batlln was renewed on ihe 2l*l at a place called
I* • r zealiar. about twelve miles in retreat Ir*>iti M ndkee.
Al I'er z shar the invaders had prepared a s rmio|y »n*
1 renehed ramp which ihey fond prepared n. d. I» n t w|ih
I 00 pieces ol their huge fit Id artillery, ami 00.000 men.
Imagination t an scarcely depict the fury ami Ihe nb*ii
nacy ol the two days’ fight that inusi have preceded ihe
cap lire of ihe invader-.’ camp with all ns wa/niel
and artillery and ihe uiier dispersion of the invading
arifiy on ihe 22d December. The omst fortunate esra
ped in islands m the Smlej or. perhaps, to the Punjatitt
•unk hui ihe greatest pari were scattered iri broken
parlies ihrmigh the Ornish lerrilories. Their loss is
variously estimated at from 25.000 to 35.000 in k lied
and wounded. Our 109* in killed and wounded, H i*
io he lean d falls little short nl 3,3‘JU, including fifty
Kuropean ofii *ers.
Sir Robert Peel, in the lower, and ihe F nl < 1 Hi
p ot, in ihe upper house moved the thanks ol p.iriniin n1
in ihe Indian army, 111 good set phrase, on M inlay
night.
I ohacco —The sales this month are 070 bil ls., v,z:
218 \ irgmia leal, 107 Siein ned, 131 Kentucky hat,
and 520 S cm ned.nl these 182 Virginia leaf, 85 .8 e:n *
"i' d, 32 Kentucky leal, and I III Stemmed were taken
•or Ireland; 18 \ ip/ima leal, and 42 K* mucky hat for
exportation, and 18 Virginia leaf, 22 Stemmed, 00 K» u
lucky leaf, and 410 Stemmed tiy the trade, iiuveis
this 111': 111 h i/e confined their purchases principally Io
inul Hum sorls, and l »r the pern d ol ihe tear, the ilium
ry 1 as hemi only to a s nail extent, mamificinrers, even
at the presem iiioleratH rales, show very little disposia
• ion In slock Ihemsflves largely. 'The market pretly
sternly. Kx«*ep!lwg the finesi descriptions of Western
ships, which is %umewhit lower, there is no alteration
• o notice m prices. We quote the current rates
1846. 4845.
lihds. llhds.
Tobacco in Liverpool the 3Ut
.January, 18,142 16,165
lmj»uried in February, 501 218
18,643 16.413
Liverpool Market. March 3rd—Cotton —Rep..rt
lor the week ending February 27. — There has been a
in dera’elv lair demand I. r Cotton all the we. k from
consumers. Still the market has been dull, flat and
gloomy.
Report of tiif. Cotton Market. March 3.—The
market since Friday hastieeii much firmer. The sales
of Saturday morning a d to-day amount to about 18.000
hales, including a small portion on specula lions. The
advices received per ihe Patrick Henry, which arrived
here yesterday. have l <e effect ol causing a tighter mar
ket, and prices have, in several instances, advanced i
beyond the qu .imioiis o! the 27 ult.
To Traveller* uitinu \i>ilh.
URU.it III.ill CTIU.T ill It.ITUS.
Karp l.t Kreilencksiurtr, 50
do *• - v ashington, 5 00
d » M Rahiittore, 6 60
'IMIF RICH MOM). FRRDRRK KSIH RG &
■ POPOvlAC RUL ROM) COMPANY here
by give notice, 1l1.1t the rales ot lure between Richmond
ami 1 tie Northern towns have been reduced as follows:
J’ r"M‘ Riebnmn j to Fredericksburg, $3 50
do ** \\ aslitngton, 5 00
“ do “ 13 iltunore, 6 60
Passengers going Norih by ihe rail road line, have
Richmond at 8 o’clock, A. Si., arrive m Baltimore io
• ea, Philadelphia in the course of the night, and New
V • »rk early the next day. being a day in advance of pas
senders by 1 fie river and bay boats.
'll JOS. SHARP.
Agent of Transportation.
Feb. 19 lGt if
\i:\V SPJCi\<»
'|WK Sl’BSCUIBKUS have received a purl fun ol
•v K w S l> II / jY c; G O O D 8,
■ will continue to receive additions every lew days
*••1 their assortment he complete. The styles promise
■*he tiew and pretty, an J our friends, customers and the
•u:>Ito re invited to call ai d'examine them.
.. , _ ME EM & GWATKIN.
M«r<* »___ is it
*P«m; .i vo M.r/.r/i;t: r.ssti
I«>\* id 15 1840,
JC8T RECEIVED BV
H’.ITEHIIOUVE, HUITTEMOIIE S,- Co.
March U , ,• '
Oomrstfc K n triujjir nr.U,"“
,-'“UN-T:‘ *.SS5
I'.very day adds slrengib lu ihe cnnvicliiin which w.
aic all uh.ng t. lhal flip general Fpntiment ,,|
eounlry It,., ernliulenl. ih.l is. „l t,„. enllghiened .
disinterested |» rliun rd u —as agunst lire extreme
linn taken m ..It set by .,ur Kxecult.e ,d ,l,e
nf Oregon nr mine.” Besides ihe evidence uf ,l,i. f" *
lushed by the public press, the develop t Uf’
mihe ,un„nnse.s nf Congress .., t t d
more aign.flranl and tar more impnriani tesi ,m,
fact ami shows ..nly a willmgneas to cincedCn Kn'
uland rijrtim in im» t«>rrii«»rv uf u .. ,
.he Whole, ho, a disposition ,» sel ,! ”L"T C'a,"'"d
S *vr
eonniry a rig "s. a,r c.nlcni t„ lei am.ilier naihm I,a,"
loirs, and who are not willing to incur ihe digasiers "ml
"Ol war h r a claim which ,s in any lair sense I.
tenable nr doiilii lu I. We have premised iSus mud, f!!r‘
Ihe purpose ol expressing i,ur sanslaeimn a' learning ihe
seoiimnius avowed hy Mr S. naior Nd.-s in |,is ar“eeh
yesterday, in which he declared Ilia desire f„r
mtsc, and his willingness adopt Ihe line „f fhnv-nhie'
I JiM nfl(U nniit ( r In tht* 2Pfil]pi„pf) extreme I f,
"'"•'r-;.wJiciz*
i r rail er tier, ss to i|„. centre ri^ht. and renders nr , , '
..■ptnratfnn o| Mr. Cnlrpitlt that .
" no. fou,"is i,| ,|,e bunale ready lo atianwnn m
' X"7",.C.. forty, winch, at the one,
. '",r- we should have I.. .« cred T
e'nfidenceUKT,“;N T° ™B *BSaTB” e„ma
onW'V ( *' ''**’• — 1 IIH "Ili"er cominilipd suicide
" "rdmsd.y I,y cm I mg Ins , hr,, a,
nS «"d"l a I a ^ ! *' Il" lurked bim’self
",: l l",,l n , " 1 ,rh In. brongli, Iron, Ins home _
I he door was broken ope. and ,l,e r„t „ was found ,n
hish.iiid Com Crane was,,, b,s 02.1 year, leaves a
. rhil.lren was .jniie well ,,ff. b„l „l d
mind, and suppose,I he was going In die f ,r several davs
I’lT'l a I1 'r ' M '!"* 'r 'he rash acl.I.
Ili- \ n I rpsigtird Ins 1 i week.
f "h .laroh .1 nes has beer, ap|sm,ie,l I,is p„si „
V V1 "r"',r' a" 1,1 ... Hydrography uf
ihe Navy I),•),arm,ei", salary |'i.5UU. b 1 -
We observe il staled in a |J is'", paper llial New
II impshire ins decided will, grea! tinanimi.y |„ receive
her abate ol ihe surplus r, venue, vole,) i„ ,(,* S'aics hv
( engross in I83G. and which she and one or iwooilier
l ,"ool"i „ Nunes hurl up ea m i*l, I v re I iist-il ,,, aecepl_
ho same paper slab s that Now Hampshire lit,
iiihiu* her ?,,t,uiiK«i. M to fh,. C'liiistiltjiion, hv v«ii|i,ir i,»
district Ihe Stale tor He elec.. numbers of ,h*
louse ol Representatives, in obedience to the act ,f
( ouuressun mat subject and win. I, she denied anti sue
eesslnlly restated. M c vve, . aware that these
sues had beet, tried reeemly in New Hampshire fleet.,
'"«s" , ir "* ,|** y ... m the success of ihe no.
posmo parties m the recent , h ello,,. but arc not ,he leas
!>rattInd to learn that she has added these proof* „| |„r
return tu common sense and duly. I.Aul /„/
l ,!S'Ay U‘ ~ 1 *r Nph V",k f'ltemeieial publishes a
letb r Iron, an office, a,lached m the s^.adr.. ,|„
W es const of M, xmn. and dated al the purl nl Maiat*
Inn. .January 28, in u Inch he snys —
•WVe are now anxiously aw aping the arrival „f ,|„
s '"cssiige, hi learn his views ah,up Oregon
and .Mex e .. parttcul Ply » ph ref, ... |a„er _
T .. bander in chief, (..mo lure S| ,ai i„„ I
losl III 'tine in preparing himself In meet anv emergen.
..'-v laving alicady assembled *1,1 ilps’p,,rt
nr very near at hand, the largest lo,ce ev,, rn|Veie.l „
"“‘H ... ' K'"»- M o have in w fl„„
.Savannah, Irtgaie Cunslitutinn and sloops of
moii'h and , Vane lying a, tins port; „,e W ane,,
!>' cxpccud I mi,i Panama, and we shall very shurilv In
j.imd hy me Snail, ami Hie Krie from Cells,,, t|„ e.ui
modure having sent orders In that effiot ...mo since
1 ... "» "" 'he 21 si, nn a short rrmse
sealed orders ; her def,matin,, nl curse ,s nut km wn tu
any o.v-epi ihe commodore. We live in hope ,hat n, r
trouble* w „h the Mi Means » ill speedily he settled .nil
thin we sluill sunn he alhwed m r. iurn home. S-vcal
ol our vessels'o.uise* are out, and they shnuld now heal
home and wo arc all li. ar.tly Itr.d'and sick of lying
rii*re. ” • *»
The Postmaster General lias decided that newspapers,
wpki a s'amp or memorandum on the envelope or on the
paper, are subject In lel'er postage by weight. J
Great Unilrnail. — M e perceive (says the I’nited
Nmies Gazelle) tint the plan of a .lire, i and ,-onlinuona
railroad Irnn the city ol Now Vork I . Hnstutt is now he- I
imr pre-scl with Carnes'nos*, af'er I.avion icrnjd.il i|,c
sit 'Iitinn of cap t li IS. nr j 'chirs. Slid en 'n s, n s t
lime. The mute proposed is from Now Vork. 'along the
Harlem and Westchester Railroad, entering Gniinecti
eot vrrv soon, hugging Ihe s'ore of i|,e Sound preliv
closely, gnmg through Nnmalk anrIN' W lla-.n, and
III nee taking aline i„|a d r. ur-e in Middleinwn,
where il crosses li e Connecticut river. |i pars.-s if,rough
Hie northwestern corner id Rhode Island, and proceeds
I hence direel Iv l" Ih si.m, without appr..aching any nf
I e n.nnv lines that already run from lhai city. Tie
whole distance is i vv o hundred and nine miles, and may
he run hv express m four lo urs, and hy ordinary irair.s
in six In urs. I l,f rust is estimated al seven millions ;
rather inn low, we should think ; hut there can he nn
di,"-" 111 a i al even twelve millions r.mlthis would ha
g""d Sleek, li would he an imp.,riant link in ihe chain
*'l communicatinn along our sea coast.
r.NCOC RAG KM F.NT OF PIT FUAT!'HF..
I" 'he II u«e of I.’, presentaijves on Saturday, Mr.
McConnell jireseno ,1 Ihe - emorial nf the Him. Gars
rurd Sufi, . f ( e.'ar Hlufi*. Alahamn, praying Congress
to I'll y his copyright . f'The l.ady of the Peak, a' na
• i‘ on I romance: nr. Ihe Foundling nf a Cave.” "Truth
is stranger than fiction.”
I he most thrilling, a Hounding, instructive, and edi
fying narrative in any language. Re,dele with life,
love, elopement, rnhhery. insanity, murder, politics, re
liginn and death, lining a historical and apt illustration
of thp snhlime beauty and radiant gh.rv, as well ns the
imperfections of our institutions in “Fairy fiction dress
ed.” ’
Hv thp author of •• I he Texan F,migrant.” "Rnmanca
of Virginia,” "Murder in Cedar Bluff,” &<•.. kc.”
There are engaged in I lie American Whale Fishery, I
at the |>re«ctii time, 73G vessels, with an aggregate tun- I
nage.f 232.701 toes. Two hundred and finy-six of I
these ve-sels. with an aggregate tonnage of 83,210, bo- I
long In New Bedford. I
jon.vn. soM.oMOJV,
n v v. it
on Mil*. Woollen ni:«l Colton.
Opposite the Union Hotel,
Lynchburg, Virginia.
Fel. 9 12 m if
ESI: >.9 4 TI I\ F.MiiCKISTT,
I'or.t u iliiq a ti (I 4'o:ititai«ii»ta If uri i t*
o jv r ii /: n a s / *v,
'ftVIl.lj give his carol ti 1 and prompt attention, to fi*
▼ V warding
GOODS, PRODUCE, TOBACCO AND FLOCK
r«*r which his charges will be moderate.--Constantly wn
hind
Salt, Lump ami Ground Plaster.
Jan. 12 18 lf
.vfioitoas iiM.vn w.
fBIIIK SI list UIIIKU has |>erm:ineiiily Umied !•
Jl ihe limn of Lilwity, and wnnld inlurin ihe e*'1'
Z'ns id Bedford and the surrounding counties, lit*1"
v* ishes to purchase,
/% iiiiiiitii’i* of" Likely i%cgror#»
for the Southern Market. v ,
Having made arrangements to dispose of them jn '
S .mil, lie «vill oty the MOST LIBERAL CA
PRICES, lor all likely NEGROES, of both sexes. ^
Persons having such property f <r sale w ill find 14
their in er* st to give him a call, before selling.
All letters ad dressed to him at Liberty, will be pW®4!*
Iv attended to. WILSON C'. HEWITT.
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