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EDlEFiELD C. H. WEDNESDAY. ilanci 25, 1516 Law and Magistrates Bllanks of every description on good paper, neatly printed, and for sale at this office, at 50 cents the single quire, and less by the quantity. '1o OUR PATRFONS.-We will make some change iin the ap pearance of our paper and in the editorial department, wli i we will more fully announce in our next. The Weather.-Since our last we have had several days of wartm and pleasant weather. and vegetation has advanced rapidly. On Saturday la., the weather again became cool. On Monday and Tuesday, there was a heavy full uf ,aiu. We have received fron the lion. A. Burt. a map of the Oregon Territory. Alo,'a eopy or his Speech upon the Oregon Question, which we will enadeav.,r to p-dblish next wreck. Mr. Calhoun's Speech rpon the Onion Questwon.-Wie Iavet published this week, a synopsis of the remarks of %1r. alhon upon the Oregon question. We regret that our limits will not permit u. It publiish the speech entire. It will be Sten that he is in favor of peace, and an adjutitnient of tho botnm ary of Oregon upn to.: 49th par:ralle!. ie thinks that the British (iovetno-at' iwi!I accede to thsiofler, if proposi.' by our Gon.-rtniaent. The Speech of -\r- C wag l-'.ti"] .o with profound ,attention. and doubtless % iii pr. duce a good efi:rt. The chancellors of South Caro.'ina.-None of these distinguisbed gentleuen, who are such an ornament to the Bench of South Carolina. are natives of the State, except Job John ston. David Johnson is a native of Virginia. William Harper is a native of the British West Indies. and B. F. Dunkin of Massachn setts. South Caroliu is ever ready to honor and reward talent, come frutn what quarter it may. though she has never been wanting in native genius of the highest order. Dumas, the French Novdist.-We sawe it -rwt+y-aammL._ thatt-Mnjae I) l ls tinguished French Novelist, the author o tae "Regent's Daughter," "Anaury," and other works of fictina. was a mulatto. James Dc Vcaux, the Painter.-Dr. R. W. Gibbs, of Columbia, South Carolina. has re cently published a memoir of Jas. De Venx. at distinguished Painter, lately deceased. We have not had the pleasure of reading this book, but we have seen some very favorable notices of it. Dr. Gibbzs was the early friend anid pat ron of. Do Veaux, when friends were 'rew and ihrbetweenl." Die Veatix was a citzen oh Charlestonl, S. C.. anid executed several wvorks for different pers'ons in this State. Tfhey are said to posse.s considet able merit. Rteco 11y this Artist had tiavelled in Italy. for the part pulse oh studyimg the great mastiers. Fruim that cotuntry he wrote several very intetestinet letters to bist fitinds at lhonme. Litracts fromr these anid friom hik jonrtial are gtiven in the memoir by Dr. Gibbs. Th'!is work is publikbod for the benetit ofi the fail.y iof the Artist, whlo nre represented to be pour. It cmi be pur chased in Chiarlestoni or Columbiia. A Razor Strop.-Thle editor iif the Columibiai Chronicle, has recently received a miagnificenit presenit of a Razor Strop, or Strap, (which termi do you p~relhr ?) Sutme of' the Str ops are' for sale in otir Village. They are miatnufac turedhby Ira Freeman, of flamburg, S. C. They are said to be excellent. As nto peCtson has been liberal enoitghi to give us one, we cannotsta-y tiny thing of the una lity' of this Strop. Do you take the hiint. Messrs. Mer chants? The Carolina Baptis.-W e gave somie no. lice of this religious periodical in a recet nymber. Numiber 7 Vulhnie I, is now before us, and contains a good deal of interesting matter. originial atnd selected. Wit have itans feried froni this joutinal, to our ptages. somec beautiful aiid very forcible cxtracuts fronm a Ser mon prteached more than forty years aigo. by that eminent servant of Gtod, Rtichard Fur man, upon the death of Alexander lHlamilton, who was killed in a duel by Aaro ni Burr T.se late maelaiicholy death of a distinguished son of Virgintia, who was killed in a diued, miake's theseenmarks of Dr. Furman vcry apipropri ate to the present ccasion. Mvedical College of South Carolina. The atnual course ol Medical Le'ctures terminated in Charleston, on the 7th of March. The class numbered 209 ste deints from different States of' the Union. One hundred and fifty-one were from South Carolina. Of this numiber, 74, af ter examination, were considered tworthby of the degree of Doctorinf Medicine. The following are the names of thes gentlemen from Edgefield Diktrict, upon whom de &rees were conferred: poseppi 4. Addison and Arthur Young blood. We will endeavor to publish a full list meihs.,,...a,,s in a ;hort time, An Evil under the Sun.-There is an evi under the sun, which Solomon never men tioned in hiscataloguo of the "evils that flesh is heir to." It is this. An editor prepares with considerable care and trouble. an article. politi cal or literary, with which he hopes to delight and astnish all his readers. Some one ab stracts the manuscript from the drawer in which he has carefully laid it, or It tails into the fire. and is consnmed Unluckily, the por editor cannot rememnher any thing of what was written. Is this not enough to turn one erazy I The loss or destruction of our matnnscripts has happened to us more th:m once. Solomon was not an .editor, fortunately for himself, or he would have noticed the above evil, as a very great one under the sun. The Ion.'B- F. Porter has resigned the chair tf Professorsisip ef Law in the University of' Akihama. A Big Baby.-A West!rn paper lately con tainel an account of a child, one year old, weighing 103 pounds. Now we men of types cannot brag of sueh a monster as this, but we car shiow prthicr and smarter babies, than any Iloosier or Sacker. [Coa muNcmt(A:D.] Mr. Editor-M1 r. Ficejeriek C. Cmite'r, of Colihnbia. Somth Carolina. has invented a new Coillar. which for simplicity. che-ipnes' aid dt. rablity is onriv;ah'd l any tb ing of thw kind I liae ev',r se:n. Tie Collar i- lorns-d upon a piece il whize Pak, or other tough wood a out au mnte in diumetet, bound at the lun er part to tit the chest of the animal. and open at top. and contains the hooks, rings, & c. to which ti at:e. and j01l' chaints are f.sienedl-this c:ntpri~itlg both C(!ar and 'h:Imes itt one piece, not largie and very little heavier than an ordmury heather collar It is partic uhuly well adapted to the use of wagoun.. Tue in ventor has relic ed $.G000 toi the patent, hIt. tiecitg that the geat demand which already exists will en-Ible idoi to realize :k cater profit. by ztakietng aiii. . the ot icle to Plianters. I have depoited eine of these Collars at the Ilartt-st Shop ot Air. Abhby, of this place. whte th, public are itnttei to call atndt ex i .Prome lkico-Imn portont. -The W ash n,Ii:l Uma;n~z of 3Jl0ad y last says- '-New, romu Vera Cruz down to the 23 i ultimto was received last night it the Lbe partment of Sate. Alnoute had resi:ti ,he oice of 3lioisitr of WYa'r, anl Tornel had been appointed his smucessor. Luca-. AI:tan, the editor of tho new royalist journal at Meir.xico, (ite Tieili.) had beeu coopel-ld by public indi;.oation to fly fromn the city. his life. b' ing in danger, uihi, li paper bad been pronounced sets zions. Sie t :e royalist party has taken open tr iund in favor of monarchy, the .iexican peolde have h.-comc nuch belt r inclined iotwards the United tates. Upotn tte whole. our allairs wit : Mexico wer" : sunin a zmore hopeful aspect,'' Califirni.-A lat-e tnmiber of t.ardy Amtterican advenitr.ers have mtade ar rangetmtents Isr removiut to Catortia as soon as the openziing of Spritg will per mit. We see in the Ves:ern papers c:o tice of two expeditions. one under Mr. Le vitt. and the other nader .Mr. Gravson. Iti spedI that from.500 to 1000 iu of April, for the purpose of establishing a colony at San Diego Bay. This Bay is Soith of Francisco. and situated \Vcst of of' the Gtlf of California. It is said to possess the greatest advantages for con merce, and to be the tmest favorable place in Califiernia for a new colony. Mr. Grayson, with his party, will leave lide penlence on the 15th April eitxt. The tide of emigration to that beautiful coun try will incase early with. just such thardy antd coiuruiaons individuals as ktnow tow to soubdze the nilde'rness antd m~ake it hi ,om as the rosc.,' Mexrio-Ieresting. -Ne ws front Vera Crz doni ti tzo the 23id tit, was re'ceivedh lazst tnight at thze Depazrtimenrt of State. A Ikitoite hadl resi gnedr the office oh' minister oif war, atnd Toroeh had becen a ppointeid his successor. Lucas Alamrani. the editor of' the new reoyatlist jourttul at Mexic~o, (it.. Ttieo.) had bee'n contmpeIlrd by pu0bl ic indignationt to fly frotm thte city. his life bieitng in dauger, and his papet hzad been pr'otnonneecd se-di tionst. Since thIte r'oya list party ha;. ta ken repen groundtr itn fatvor of imoarchy,. the Mlexicano people have be conle ettuci- better, i utcIinted totwards~ the Unlied ee Stautes. Upon the whiole, our nt fairis n'ith M~exico nere assumittg a mazre hopefutl aspect.- Union. Finance of Virginiac.-Thze State Trea surer hams given nottice that he is prepared tio redremi 5-45 (17( nf the public debt. Tthis is a mnti grattitfying evidence of the soun~d finane'ai:~ coundit iont of. Virginia, anid is the mtore ti hte cono e ned. us somte of her sister S aie, have foiled to ptrovide anty meiatns for thte paymttent of even the intetrest ott their debht.-C/ias. Courier. Fire.-Tlhe alarm tf fire w~as givent to our eintze'is ahot 8 e'clock onz batzurday e'ventinig last. It wias founde to be a houil din2 sittuatedl in the rear *r Mr. Juames Donalahi's store. Thtis buildling wans once a gin houtse', but hatd been tused for somte timie past. or a ptortioln rof it, as a store titonse for poweder, by several mterchans. Thec flamzes Itad made too tmuch pre gress at the iume ii was discov'ered, to save it; anid the fact n hieb was pretty generally knownz, that powder was sioredh ztere, preveted any effores tie extingotsh themt. elTe adjoinitng btuddinirg was saven however, af'ter it tail enught lire, byv diree ing all i heir attentiont to) it. Dwring the fire were four suceLs-ive exploisioins, at inter vals of att'rt 5 mzinutes each, ea the sev erael lots eif powd~'(er igtnitedl. We atre in formed that there wa~s a boxc con taining several kegs poiwder. in the house, the i:.nition of which. wve suppose caused the second explosirin, which was eqlual to a discharge of Artillery, and exceeded i.: grandeur andie beaut)t any fire works wye ever saw. Ftrtunately, the weather was eazm, and the rains of the preceding dlay ocr two. had left the roofs of the' honses so damp, tha t the successive showers of live eioders, sent many hundred yards over the town,, fell harmless opon them. The fire wvas, tno doubt, the work of an in-a cendiary. who prrpabhy anticipated great Correspondence of the Char. Co <VAsINeToN, Marc 1 . Messrs. Editors:-The. cloud t ituhas rune over us, threatening war, b as to. ie dissipated. There is now bi$tIttle Ireatr felt here. as to a collision wilh Girent Bhi'a~n rst'esing Oregon. Th er per of the Senate hap, prohably, ai ."heen pacific, and since the delivery ( the spet'eci of M1r. Hlaywood. of Nort ,Caro ima, it is genesally understno nd be lieved. that the temru:.er cif rie 'sident of the Unitted States is also paciL it is cenerally conceded that the Ian sage of the Li.ast -named high Tunctioriary ~ to his ina:gural addreoss, and in his .opening message. was adopted in conset ence of the resoltioins of tie Bahtimoreoonvr Lion, which placed him in non tlan for t.he Presidency. It turns oul;' Never, that even those resolutions werp assed after a largo portion of the members of tite Convention had left it for then imes; arid, in fact, by a minoity of th hod so shat city might, or might not, resss the opinions of the entire Convn tion, and of the whole democratic par it is not probable, at the time f tl a ssago of those r--solutions. that the i r of Oregon question was fully und; rood by the Atimican people. . March (3, The Senate did not sit today.; The Heuse was engaged upon the River tani larbor Bill. Thu debate was cutinuedi f ~n ,elevetn o'clock to half past four, when : rHouse adjourned The investigating Cotmimitt nn the charge of corruption against I e Senate, brought by the Vashitington Tiincs, held a session today at the -Ca pitol, atl es:ain ed a number of witnesses. According to rumor, the isformation camte to the editors of the Times from two individuals, not membete. of Cou gress. It may have been represented to the Times that the original source of in formation was at member of Congress; out. so far, there is no evidenee that the fact was so. No member is, bt present, timplicated in the al'air. March 14. The investigating Cotmintist if she Senate was in seseitn ill tix o'clock t, .say. They exatminied some witnesses to day, and summoned others. IThe inves tg.:tsotin may not be closed till Mndav The whole statement of the Times lts i(wn tound to be rash. inconsiderate. and without a shadow of oiundatiorW. Their I itnesses explain a they (lid not in lorn the Times that Mr. Packenhatm held .:scaucus with whig and democratic Sena ors, at his o6 s table. but that a caucus was held by the Senators, at the Capital, and that Mr. 'ackenham, though not ptesCut, was seen'al the Catiital, at ur nusually early iu ur. That even this i: trie, does not appear. 4 The trial of Mr. May, fokilling Mr Cochrane, in a duel. took place today lie lore the Criminal Court of this District lie was indicted under the djilling act o Congress. for sending a challenge, and fli b-'aving the District to fight; but then was no evidence to sustain either, ant and Mr. May was acquitted. ois. made some explanation and retrac tions, as to rcmarrs which th~y' had mad about ' pretended dentois." 'h democratic party will not byreak up, or acconut of the diftrerencc of opinion pre vailing among thea as to the Tariflr ques siun, the Internal improvement question and the Oregon question. Correspondcce of Ohe Southurn Patriot lt.....(. t t There were two points of nutractiaon it othe* Sen;:ae thsis muornting. nhieba' dew dese croiwi as early a-, J0 u'claock. lI wva, k:uuwn that Mr. Caihous was abotul tao deLliver his views ons te Ore'gati ques. tiont, ainil a rumaor lad spread strough slht City tha osse of she witniesees btefaore lihe IlivesstigaK~ting Commstistee load refused i :e.tify. andi was to het broniglt so the ha: of the Sentate to be punaished fur contu atacv. Mr. Vtzle sitbmittedi a resolution enil ig hao rmattion absaolusely little shtort of a, stati-tical hsistory of te country sinlce the yeaKr 1796. Mr. Benson, from the Select Commit tee, sthait lad in hand m the i nvesstigationt of she charges against te charaicter and dig nity of sthe Senate, made a report, writtent wviith cainness and deliberattiona and show ing; fromu thie evidencee that te charges were a gross anid malicious libel otn te Senuate, and that she editors hsi ad) orounad ass shtowns ftrom their OWnS' wisiesses for the charges thus gratntitsusly tmade. li conacludes by a resolve that the editor, publisher and reporter for sthe Times he excludeh from the gallery of she Sesnase reporters. Mr. Benitont read sthe report from the desk of the Secretary, atnd with all due emphasis. Mr. Turstey, of Tennessee, rose after the readinat of the report, to say tat he contcurred in every word of it. Mr. Diekinsona, of New York, also a membstler of the Commtlittee. sttad thtat ihe hadt no particular symnpasihy for the par. ties-they hail been braisght before te Cuammittee. and after a due examinationt there had b'een foiund not one sintgle word of evidence to sustain the charges. The tibject of the Commsaittee was to show the ralssty of this a-sserioss asnd slot to arrest atnd costsmit te utffenders. Mr~s. Jsarniauan rose to say that ihe had beens himsself alluded so, -atnd that was the reasonu why he had not drawn up the re sort. Mr. Berriens rose to express Isis utnaf ected surprise ilhat a mnember of the comn nittee, wiho had been present. heard the evidlence', anad had Cfcancrred its the report Ioulid say that tobe gentiemnen were the rictimts of imposition;--by whaom were hey imposed ons? They liad honded in hec names of personts by whaom thsey were n prove their assertions, an-iJ its each and very snstance they had beetn cosntradieted y those very persons, and stanid bsefore he country as the malicious libellers of ho Senate. Mr. Dickenson replied to Mr. Merrien, fter which she report was conecurred in, be prinsing ordered, and tomuorrow the nhieet ofr a enr nambn oes~a un. OREGON. -OTICE. At one o'clocR, the great Southern statesman made his bow -to the Senate, and never since I have known him, did he acquit himself more honorably or more, I will say, to the sati-faerisn of the vast mulitude by whieh he was surrounded. The -House of Isepresentatives mUsi have been liaerally empty. I doult wheglieri yoti will find his spseech in either of the city papers. as he n ro:o a polite note to the reporters of each journal. requtt ling them not to publish hi spLeech until it shuild undergo revision. It is ill-iimipor -5tuut itat is .nui occupying the -hiplh and commnanding poscinou~ which ir. Calhoun uow holds in the hearts of the American people, bhould not be misiepres-ited in the smallest particular. Fie was on this occasion more than hinse-lI ; he seemed to feel the solem a respunusibiliiis of what he was uttering to go celore the world, and to bo m cri cd of as it deserved. I have listened to AMr. Calhoun on ma'ny great occasions inl my lfe, and must can didly admit, that on the present, he was far more powerful and eq teni ihau ever. I apprehend there is not a papes-r in the Soudth that will not pubibsh his staiesnan like views of i hi. question Mr. C. disscited from the opinions ex pressed by Col. Iicton. that all the pres ent diifliculty witn Eu;ltand grew ou of the joint i:cenpacyv ~t 1ti1b and ic:.7. lie tool a wholly difierent 'iew fr1a this Senator. lie said the eouventiun was a substitute for war, and those nu made it, acted wisely in tilwir day. Si .ce then there has been a great change ir. pulbe opinion, here and in Egluand, in favor U1 Cu.o'promise. 1ie thulissght a eery urgi majority of the Senate and the couitry %n as for conp.ctmise, and, w hat n us star, Englaud was for coimprouise., as no muau who ilhad read sir lIobcrt I'el's reply it Lord John liussell, cuid fail to see; yes. tho preier was reedy to cotpmto mise on I ue ufl.r wihich hasd been ;made u) us in 1l15. By an adljustmesni of ibis question with sogfand, ne woultt d be bitl to settl uniisb .lexico.- tha: . ould remin inactive s1 long as ihie qaestisn was open. He hoped after ilhe O(.rgin nitttwr wi..s settled with Engladt, th:t we wou ld deal geierously by V exieu. i dfe tnded in a lmot masteri manner tle policy fit --austerly in clicilj" as adeocated by him,- That we were :oin g on to settle quietly the counir),'---ngratnon was poor ing in tihere every year, and inust co: in Lie to do so mi a ratis of store ihiani a huu tired for every one taut could cm s,'r.,it from 1ngl'land, (istant from the t..rruary more than .U.00 miles. He dvfeleted hinisel' in like miaininer from ilie insinua isns tr,nn out nut lie had bees activ, enuOh it aelusrittg Texas. and slow is act on the gneautun of Olegin. W'iti Texes, lie said, sime wouldl have destroy' ed us, while wi th Uiregtn -it wuuld save -us. W n lTexas, the tine had airriv,:d when, if' she did 2.01 come to us, lno mtus have gono to England. lie insisted thw Texas was a great part of the valley is :he 31ississippi, and yet ii had been ealiei a 6;uuthern gneation. lie showed wha our country w osit becmtte if abe purse, peace, and what he might becune in i -war of' ten years, ci en ii that war was a: it. tie alluded to le inres icy there w:, for preserving peace at the.pns sut tiii( above all oihers, vheni lgllanl au~ is kn 'cuuntiy were at-oui takitig the sail in free and extei.ded LnomanerCe. ile iisist ed that tu tW O tnuiuts could dl eacels ths' so much good as Engl asi aid Amitrica it pence. and no two enuld do each utile so much harnt in itie sit it ar. Mr, Berrien hab tle flour tuttorrow. M~cli JO. 'At lie early hour of' tine s,'clock, ta , deitt e C hame i t he'lCSiiroiged isy 2 hui who were t.tt xisos to Liet'i? rl . C .d Ian At ottoi l'ct k, ih OlcUtegt n (questiot wais tise upti5.1, Uitd .M r. Cianssuun sptks absout one buurt'and a h.df upon the Ure gun question. March 17. Thef effect of Mr. Cailtoajn's speechf i: very greal, as fari as c'sscertnis tiose ii w~ huii it was adtdre.*sed. iL ey otte ray: tuat ic sioithed itie tu'jwtL.s usi patiy ti the betes. and prepai ed s lia. h .dy fI: aueli a course us nuslst ail i ii the ad j us-mecnt of tihe 9jjurslion. its Uppi.Lf t; thei ulira rsegos piarty n as ti ri le. - A's a pirntsf t mt it flad sutte deee, I in' state itiat Mr. fiarnega:, at thc ils~e is fits speceti, t..sL sms snlJ.std umgraiiuta ted fiim in tie ni ar'u51Slat insmer. 'There is a good sketchi of' te spe, I ii thle Ila telsge~r.r sof las toisriit:a, and I utndei Stunl- slne iaUlse re1.ort r e'iutgra.tats atm sell upotn thaviig uitie a fai .f:ulo reporii' of it. But, I fears, to-dayi, that Mrs i. Caii hsoist, i' ho did tnt aee i, tl thIoe i lipe: eaine unri, is <hsatialledsi wiith it, antd nI, in a lew 0a35, p.cset is speeh, as pr> pare~d by hantlsctf, wisichi wdl be miore sat' istaciory to the pubibe. Tihough . Mr. Galfho~un disclaims an:y know ledge ui the action of the Pr'e stet, there is reasion for tilhei tug i fat ithe Pres idenit did, through 'i r McLas.e. mlake an overture to the iriia Governieii, in respontsO 9 to in coneiliatory niu ce ofi the Ore'gsn dtfliculties, takeni it tfto Quicen's speech, andJ i the repliy of' Sir' Rtotert Peel to Lssrd .losu Rusell's ciesianis. ii iw's certatufy Ihis sdui' to do ilsis as Mr. Calhfoun pslatmly intiinaites. 'The rel masy be here in a uay or t wo, fby the packet which suileds .'n i le 4:IhMatch. Mr. Datyton'c resolunuini, callhng osi the President toi staie wnsetler lierepi ssothting counnected withi, s' gr'swtg ot of our f'or eign relatisis, ni hig' requiires ani increase of osur iavaf aoi nd tti tary forces ; anid n sio. fits reasonis fur thne opimions, was to day aidopied, nem. dis. Tihis resolutissn srinsgs to a pintt the whole queslisn- ft wil solve ithe nostery as ao ifhe President's positiot. Mr. Galhoun conissders that te Presi dent's mnessage caslled for war. But cir cuwstances have greatly changed, shoughn the President hass not yet siandied ar'y ebsange in his vieuis. iiis reply inay besi expectedon Monday. In ifthe entimae, however, do doubt is entertainied that he,' as well as the Senate, is in faivor of' a com promise. Mr. Berrien made an admirable spee::h to day, iin favor iofcomtpromiise. He avoi ed as r, as h= coud .t.e ,.....:o.. ..r title, but he showed that all our. sources, of titles concored in fixini;9"xis lic limlit of our eiaii ; Had thatthisgovern ment was biand, by itsvown neas,: to ae knuwiedgo tslerights of Greitt B'ritaii$, beyond that parallel. From the Baltimore Ameriran. SUBSTANCE OF MR. CAL1OUN'S 1l'E Etil. ON TIll OREGON QUESTION. This ques'tion now camtle up, when Mr. Calhoun rose and aid The goe,-eio:n was now whether the notice should be given at the end of the veir. hilaving been connected w'iah the negica tionci he altid say nothing of title. as it Would be exceldinl ly indelicate tier him to do so. lie shouhl say nothing eit!er calculated to ollend an) one. .All must perceive that the -aspect of this question had changed since the neet ilog fi Congress. The Pre-ide-nt's tmes sage declare'd that " no compromise which mlight be made" ought to te ac cepied. The Preside t further said that at ihe end of one year fihe time would me,ie when we must either aaeert ir anon don our claims to the wt hole of Oreson. Isie wa, obliged to :admt, hotneve, tiant there wais a raiil iinferccCu tI, be drawn th:,t if the British Government would re nen the oiler of d9 deg. direct or substan tially, it would tie acreptel. Mr. Calhoun said lie was opposed to i;icec, beecanse it wtld not produco comii protise, wthile usbers were ready to up pose the o:icCe if it wnu.d produce: com pro::.i.e. iBtween war and comprontae. SenatrI pnjiti thu one 4i le chose tle f'r ier, nt hile lie and his friends w ere in la cr -> Comipro:ise hecause they did not reg:cd our title to ihe whole of Oregon as clear and uncquetina!.le. ile tuought thlie sullTt wl a prop(r otte for ComcprO nois" ii cd Ir a fa cc adjuStmienl of the ter ritiry ill di-pute. ilr. (Ca l.un Thought the construction ol he :hl es,age did tiw wa rranit any c'n clsiin of a lacilie cbaracer. 'I he Pres ident in Ik iICs ge hail directed that wei' sho'uihl vindicale oucr claim t to Lhe wholt of Oregon by an appeal to armes and not i any :nier lrim wr h:a ever. lie di.'i ino believe that Ihe President inte-ciel to in tiatidate E nglanlt :y recomcending tl:e notice, fur his own ;;ood sense mat have taught him timIct it w ould have produced directiv dtll'ietret etlect. Nur did he otncrt with Seat tots whc thongccaict it iiwisc iat the C(oniveictin l suoatlcd e:Cver have bC CenC enterel uo at all. 'Ih Consc ( itetion wcas to be made or na ti nc (nid have ensutd. Enc.ghand nuild nill omprolm;se the qluestiun c pon "19. alai( no nere obliged, tucerelorC, to .iialke the oiler. We hazzcrd t:o:l:ing in saying ilia there was a large nojurity ti tics b.iil Sto were bir c:improniie-honotrabL CUmpromisC-utpon this rces-iun. T'ntc Bt i;iah Goernaent and the Prin linister of EnglaiU were undoubtedl; in liiv." r of comtprromlise, and upon the basis of the line w cihic had been once irU.osed by us atd declinei by Engla The decluration of Sir Lobert.l'eA aulgI to pradui.e its eiect u;.oi ecr Governaieti .d lead to a reuencal of egti-aioai w Iy of an amli:cbl... settlement of thi question. lie tri-teJ indeed that iniir uccition hard goue to Euriope, ttough h had tic ollicial inl-urination o ilie itoe which wc'uld lead to an amicable coilm pniase itf this questio. Wihe.i the .lecistsage was de:ivered lher wais 1.0 hope fcion:plioisC, hfat tle' nc ai hope now. All iaust sce it-all iii.. f el it. It was , it.(.t Ihes coi:iat ne alo a1 to ' oml ricse t:uca qucestiona. T'he a we.re d ilerect idc.-us .f conaistenacy. 8 .e geni'lemtena noiild aithl re to occi ttcctg alunys,3I n) catt.-t whli cihe circaiui staces. Somc~e no iu!d adheatre tic lace eeae thceir iricelples chacigedi or 11.ca lii wha'lit n~Iocni vcau th~ik iof the phli i einea whio ncocid pire~wri:he ~tcalomelii noiin:.2 clse tilccugha ccil slilges ofI the dics CeJai. You nc.id pronounttace him ai cc-~e its ycOn icuc I hocae liaten who no ~olci lio mlodiae thecir ctlicci Iby the circumistan i cs thcat laie h~i birouaght. lie hcoped thia: has cri-t:. Is whoc wenci fin tie cchoile il'Q i..-gala Ia.d ibuiIc e cicgnged these iltiiis sice thce ii~Clell;. ofCoiire-s. The,\ sawac liedpir) *cnd ai d iie l'clj.le, ald a cla\ idetd 'jlib Ivtl. .ad it thent baecmie thaemi to give -h Ito utice, tic refuse comliprimi e, an itciI el cht the whlcie oI Uregacn ? lie iappeal ed tic his Iil-s as pa: riots tic decide t hi . q jes in. in regard lio naileie lie shioak iippoC)e it uniile- givein ac ticodili:fiirin. T'lce Iiuncse iResiouimac he coul.1 ii. vote- i'or, hieracuse it wact equicvocal itt in ciharactier. If I:.ee we g ci:, let it bc givenl iin a pclcin ancd mceaiing ntlineir, sc, that thel 'i esiden-lt acid thae cworldi cocati l derstancd what wa~s m tOd by it. lie nu ci inccined~ t) give the noctiice ica such a foirm as was recoun aercie bclIy c he1 liesoltiion ofr ithe Senautor ium Gci eorgia,-bu heIc held ics vocte subiriate io amnhlieIr quaes ioan, ncIi-ic iteh a ihit thce queistioni shcouldi bc ec eaed pieaceacbly aurid nciihli ian cap peal Io armus. lie wais resclvedl tic do ntihtt incg whcih woldc pcrevet anl icjable ad jutment I ii lie whcili: qucesiioni. ar. Calhiotua thieni vinicacted his conac sistenucy anad thce poditin lie itck inc 1843. lie wacs Iheci icr aidhlering~ to the conveni cnic antd thoiighcs the timie hacd c-omae fori aiinig b'y ii. Uregilc c tas easy for us a o colonize, ancd dt lieuIihcor Enighci tic cio piricie. To Engcland' ulie ierriiory wais of compaciriutcvely tic vcaue. tnol sic onhccl as Nc n Zeciaicnd, wiieI the codloncy usel1 nos d(.000) ciailes ol' cr nearly I ie cir eundehirece or ulie globce. WVe emcigraited hkic lice Tacrtars, biy filiiies, anud at conta. paratdi vely ncoC expenise. All wacs gointg on nell, buti the imes hadic chiangecd Tih peopjle ofC Orcegoac wen-.t ihere to avid hcigh tduties. atnd wo culd lhe lienacltd fromil cs by an ty ~rhaer pri..cipiles thcan free trade. Our laws a'uld beo miasi caui liusly exatnded over his people. Thcey hiad an ina~niie cJaci ty usn g'verni themcselves, and it was hcigh ly propera that they should do so. .lt hacd come aucnw to a point that we most have compromlise upon tis ques uon. The timne had come. ici a word, whenu the basis of this compromise must ie forty nine. He tried to resist this in 1848, acnd to pursue the American. policy tlo qvcry mnn man must see nnw nnght to.babresben pursued. Ills frirnds'wheO is ftyt~J remu n.easures had been forced niitzu inslueetion w iBliout due reflection. an-ir cmtino.ut(e and aUiunt nar;. T no unmnuly fear' upon the ques- 4 tmon, niud I may appeaul nith cooliuence to miy past history thati I am governed by n.o suecli fea-s n.. T ou;, wars -ae necessary, Iregdrdm. pe.ce as a positive gaod and nar as a psuiave evil. A5 a god I defend peace, and tll oppose War as luo;g as long av it would be honorable. If n e went to war I,,r ' tiue n ola of Uieou, or 'all ^ or' nune. ne cu) aight be. that we should" cme out n ithl none. 11 we went for Oregon it would bea cone.-t fur empire, and Oregon. would be' loit sight of. No good nould conie of war to the people of Oregon or any body '. else. Should we loose the te'irmrf'ibs" people of Uregon would suffer beyond calcultaoiiOl. 11 ne comiirouiIsed upon 4Jk. mot one of our pe->ple would louse their prop.-rty. But as u national measure he was for cUll mslOit,,e. Though war should givauos Unuaua and all of U(Jeguu, sull he should tie opposed to war. The work aof-war would accumplish a mighty social and I attical change. Tese Wav 'no power V. hieh could do us o much good in peace and so much hat in in war as Engiaud, ai.d Lte good and evil were every way. re CIptoca.. lIe believed that a war would plunge' us deeply in debt, Seven hundred and ihay mtions wouad he its cost atleast,. and alt to meet the cot of ibis useless war. B e shounl be overwihelmed nith deb'tas' we were in tle it.eolutiun. A watr nun:I be the death of State rigts, and oreter estamblih a nilitary desp, t.sm. Losses of properly and lushes of life w ould comae also -Iroin war,-but these ne e lotitiug, l..r timte could'remie dy all itis. 'As ime Irwndm of humanity, civiizatio and prugr s, he was r peace. now tlien could men, who were JUeinocrala par exeClence ie in livor of it, when tastikl and insper money were its sinalcS' culsseqtuences. St,.icam and LieurteLy were the modern i.1ientious nut belore applied to war. The Lauit d States and L.glund were now, lliouuu; their amighty cumaerce, dmilusamn b iaings over tme n orld. The n'of1 las well a, we were to 1-e sufferers truem war. Let peace comnii e nod the tCime nould colme predicted by foet0s and philsoipucrs when there should be war Peace vas pre-eniiently out policy'; other natiolls'tay ieseirt to nwar to obtain great.iess, but %u were great aiready-a iacutlon covering tl eit) -three degrees of I .t. l . Our great nzassion was to occupy tiams wide domauina with a virtuous pup ula.iaa-tu spread '.owns aut.d cities over. the n inila surface. %i ar was but an im 1edimtilii in this great work. Establis's Peace, and time under the guidance ofta n ije and cautious policy nould-effect all. A ''n is, at-i tiasterly inactiity" would prove prol'uund wisl.at n i:h us. Time ii ould ellect every -thing. We hat a -ro m ing population of 60J,090 a year,,aud ih wo ol.f be a iililiou slOln. Before some of the y ung citurs were as .grey' as be vas. w o ,:.ould have a populanian of 45, -uutW. --it r e _rimnrOier generarro' we s-:o.dda tave eighty millions exteuding frnm -ce :n to c.:tir. iMlr. Calioun closed willh some remnrks p. r-naal to bunelf abut.1 Texas. Ho :t.c.:e thai Texas w".e not a Southern <llssion in ally rc-pec. But if he had Ip' sitd a1 l'olIcy dfl-rent in the one case t a.: the olier, lie lihd acted with a view. . s cutn: mby ;rea:est good ul' both.. Its hunt catsc he desirted to avoid war. Time w-ala hamve lost Texas to us, whilo ii .n d have given as Oregon. Tlrcmtandous P,'asl~ts.- We hav"e se. meruii is frinmj v:sr:'us dlire.:hians, or an. ,.mpr ce:ead swell ei (lhe ri ers and nulll altmms. Aml Pui.lelphia oni Sat .rday, te waler in the dehmuylkill' was sev~en feet sihorae thme topj i.f thei. dfam, near l''irmmountt.anmid the' gro'unmtiors of:any bi.anses werel' flIooded.-Th'le railroad near .hie Dehmen are wams overdouwn. Tme turnpike anmd ramuradt between liarrisburg antd II lthpmre, lir a diktance oif vix miles, wats six~ feem ulecr wt.-'r: of comurse thea irains cumul mo: i1. All thle in'mitaums of ox's Li I d were ta ken moff ini bos. g imm ny .:d~tes anmd amills niere swept away . #.t A-baniv lie river ro~e six iniches higphe~r Ilu intt the g112_reta freshie' ufuf 1839. Thie pe'ple lied from mtheir houses, dhe 'vater mceing several feet deep .in .ho5. on a level n 11th mlie piler. .iummy ofi (lie sireers wvere irmpass.abl.-, exC:-pat ini bats- Reports fraim New Jerscy reiiresemit the freshieg as terri'e:-roa~ds and houses flooded,-. ne::ee.- amid briig.-s, anid eveni large trees carreci a ny Ly inhe runimi;;i ice. Butt we canno2t give mnure particulars at peet Eleclion of Pcostmasters.-.A proposhi~ has becen untrmdur,.d in Congress for so omnmondinig the Poist Otfice laws tham all !epmuty piosmumasiers shall be. elected by thme itmhambiismuts of thme bowns in which the. paost offices are loicated. The proposiiotm alppeamrs to omeet with the generaI ap problationr of alto piress, andI " erc ii not for line prnopentsity of pamrmy Goverinmenm, to , use thme po er ommf mlappintment as a poliical emngine, atere. woul bIe no doubt that this unpor ant reforrm woublIi be accumplisbed. lnhrmsling Fac.-Ia is asser.ted thiat within he- last six or seven years, the umtmmber rim Jen s i-i thie Holy Land 4:zas increased frdm two to forty ilhousamnd,! A smissioan hass beemn estabmlished at JerusalenM bmy thme London Society, and a churchi has bmeun built Uponl Moaiiti Zion. .The hook oif coimmlton prayer has also been trlanshlied ito~ H ebrew, andu a missionary; a comivered Jew. is staionmed. bere; and' "tlbus," observes a writer. "after ar period of eighteen hundred years, the Psalms~C David. in lehrew, aire again sung by a H erew Christianm Chttrebon Mfougt Zion. where first set to music .by their inspired author, thme Mweet- inger of Israel, tlge mlhou'and years ago." Iowa and Missouri.-The lliiulty with regardl to. the bone~dary between Iowa and Missoari are about to he~nd justed by brinaging 'the tiatter urnder'thie. aumihorityv of boith States, before. mthe .S& nremne onnre of the Uniterd Snac~''