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" D- EFIELD C- - \V ansasuay, 1Ara 8168 gU consequence of several tvplographictl ''rwsrs ib' the communication of .lr. Curtis, we - rppttblislh it' oru rHf. IMTRt1u or THE-' FEEr S- FlIEL ADVER TISLt ! ! - 1'hn' sitbs-tr hr atdouUces to his friends., ist Joskri AtN Esq,^Is now associated 'Witit Ihitti. in the Editorial depit ttwett of the 1 it 'field Advertiser. M r. Abz.ey is a genth. man of liberal education:i,;ad is well knot a in this connnnity. The subscriber believes him to be amply qualified to conduct n pubilc jour uni, and he trusts that this new- arranagenent will give satisfactionto tthe friends of his paper. All matters of businbss will. be as heretore, un tIer the exchnsivo control of the proprietor. .cotntiications on this subject must he ad. dress'.1 to Wit. F. D uxsoE, Proprietor. Com anonications on other subjects, must be ad. dressed to Durisoe & Auaey, Editors. 'tie subscritwr returns his siacercacknowl edgetentts to his numcrons frir nas and pat runs, wio have supported him during the years that have pa-t. lie has bren it. somewan ner connected with the Advertiser ever since its eistajblishtnttt mn 136 Daring that time, it has received a liberal share of public patron. ;tnae. and he ho'pes. that it will contatie to re ceive it. Ile is determined to spare neither pains nor crpcusc. tt render Itis paper as inter. esting and as useril as any i in the State. To accomplish this pri'o-e, he will devote al! his enegi:es. le, Will inl a short time make some ch-toge in the mea'ure and size of his paper, a:d wi!l also, mahte some LiIlrir.etment in its typographical appenr:ace. lut for all this' ant nay is nccessary. and a enni,lerbl!e Cxlten. diture of it will be rettired. Whilt many of his friends have been ever pliompt in the pay meit of their dtes, eu'tdor cotmpels him to say, that a con~itderlhIe tmuher af his sihhscriiers have failed to cLomply with the terits of the paper, and that others also. are largely ill. debhted for work don:e in the ol'aiOCe. 'VTe fail ure of other pisoCniils to pay. has fretuently gteatly etb .rrused luhu lie hope?.. that they will no longer withhl.dd from him. the several simis tor which they are indebted to hit. Ne ces ity compels him to wait in personi upo -inanm of his debtors. and - to others whom ie rcanit himself (see, he will send a Collector, or transniit their aceoin:ts. WILLI.31 F. .DURIUSOE. :i -becamodg one-of the Editors of the Ad. ' Yrtie;' 1nin sorry, I a:n nat able to make Ariy pniitnses to the public. The utmost I can prmise is, to serve it with diligence and lion. esty. As my attCntion has inver bef're.bertn piirticei:u.ly directed to such habors us those npuu which I an now ahiint enttering. it will h _ ash.h..ely necessdary for rie to bare' time foir prep arnafion, beli're' iiin expect to conitribiute ainy thing' to the vaue of' a pcaper. whlich hats been~a edite~d with aibility, iandniery' antd fidelityv. As thea busi's of' mny profession thouatgh, is aiot likely.. f'.r a1 ye.ar or t wo act least, to regniare tmty mi:adivijedi nitet(Oion. except at partientlar sen.aiins, I amii certain of ha'v ing siafileiaent leisiire ltttmtke somte preparatioia Aina. I am deter ined. that, in somte detgreaa, I will iihiiiatealy guill myself foar the ne?w dities I have as C tumedl.hiw~ ctrdntous soev'er they maiy lie founird. '1There is 0one tingii cit t!iah I ocit coiahidaiuIl tha::t. it' is jaiimn:a ''honi'id ledl :any laangaer to intere st amd insitruct t iaein, it wvil tnt lie froin anyi wanat of' inclnaaationa ar zaf to !biar f'ir t'ail.n Otty part. Ii is aiat It am initerist taone, thast I have b-:en icidaced to haeeaaima an edlitaar af a neawspfapjer t.bait I w~oiihl be happily, if I caatlad Tender miysalfl utseful to miy csunitry' and mny fe.laaw-c'rete's. it any wayv. I wvouldl by no meoaas, have ii intrrted, that I coinsiiler the occuaioniia of' a newspaiper edi tor. ntowarthy) or menni in Uany raespec't. On the ciatrary, I thintk it itoble' unid moast honorable, .amil I think hie whlu ollohws it. aanght ta, lie a truly grealt mlani- ai'mch gre'ater manlt thait I ccti liope to lbe. Thcre'I illn persont wh-lo lias a betier op pot tuniity or doiing good to imn * kindl~ thani lhe has ;aid no persotn onghit iio be ininaencetd by hiahdai and puter iinatices-by a I' fter, and 1 unty adl, lay at biuier mithitiot. Ii ooght to he. 'tn truth, ta wi!O,'a iicou'raiglon. .i an hiaonest man11. I lac h:is baeen ia.icedl itt a positiont.fronm wvihi hes cani publisht hais views throughOUt the wvhole c'ounatry', anad priohnbiy throulghiout the worhl: agnd they are sent 'abarad in siuch a fourmt, as to be miorea enticinig. :aiid more gree.dily devouiredl than the mOst excititng novel at romacnce. Peopa~le have at enirissity ii pars'ain for nlews iliat promiptst them to iwalloaw up everrything~ good air bad, that co.:.es to thtem in that shsali. - n thle United States. the responsibility or ani edlitor is gi-enter than in aany other part ofd the wvorhti-here ilie nght to be emfphnatiednlly n raentinel- on the watch-towveis or hisennint'y. in a w eulgardlian of' mhs libertieis of' tie people. WVitimt. the. disperisation of' whole somel ' instructionf. wXithou't-iatelligence amanogst its citizena.s, a1 -RiepunbiC, anid e'specially, a e mtcrlacy istheO~most pe'rfect nekery. fla go. vernmentt tiat was ever coneelived: -It is a cllectifnt oaf'infmstib snobs-it is i uled'by- in t'antcust mob",'wlnise meimabers aire heehd-at will, (,'y h eartless a1 nd rapacions5'demi1agogis, who are dlestititeC aike Qf lIgtnomr, or hone~siy, or anty gentiment ibatscnhbl'ing t''na;. Tltere hasnever beon a titme, since the formaa noa of' our goivernmtet, at wvhii'h an able ahd ,iprighttpnVer edutidw reride'd'mo real'srvie tSa he eoiftigtlat d isah present d'anid (thtnugh' we lhave umamj exc'ellem ' )'Ilidnk Tinm~y i'.th,,.. h-n: n.ver been a' tIme when snh a l .et 4 -%4, an:or; te ed tlian: the IiF.sent; hoti , are d wit t e" g erity; thoa h thug, appears to) ins tle n actv d repose, q eenray ,s treacherons-and I Msaicerely believe, that. the U. States ha s never stood in a position that:.was moreeminently..dangerous. than- that in which she is now standing.i believe, that since we have been a -separate people, we have never been threatened with greater ca amnities .than arc notw clouding the prospect Iefr.euse Our relations with lirctgn States are certainly. in somedegree, menacing--those with Great Britain are particularly so; and all Furope are iniim:ical to us and otr govern mneij.. Our tonntr.y is spreadinigover a vaster. extent of terirtury, and is embracing a greater variety of interests thau abnost any enaitry on thr G lobe. Tne Tariff queition has never yet been properly settled; and we tre hurried on by a fierce itd teellee spirit of demagoguisn. which if not nrrested will uliuatclv plunge Its into atar-liy, and blucdshed,ar.d the most utter confusion, in performing my part, as one of the editors ofthe Edgrfield Advertiser. I shall endeavor to mnintain those principles, both in politics and morals. which I conceive to be right, and I shall condemn those I conceive to be wrong. I shall have "no respect to persons." and shnli take as nmuchi pleasure in punishing the guilty, as in commending and encotrtging tire virtu ons and the' deserving. I will try to do my duly. JOSEPH ABINEY. On the first page of our paper to-day, will be "innd the able speech of our Representative Mr. Burt. on the Oregon enestion. We re gret that we have been obliged to defer its pub cation so long. But from the time it reached us, -and from other circumstances, it would have been imopossib!e for its to have prescntcd it sooner. We shall nhvays feel it to be our duty, to give ito our patrons, the Speechesiif their Rep resentatives in Cnugress, laid espcciully those that are good, of which class, on are gaui: to "steem this of 'lr Burls'. Thle coistituents ofevery tiemter of Con iress, ought to read his productions of every kind whether they deserve it or not. in order to quahf, themselves to jntg of his merits and .alfects. Dit we are sure that the speech of Mr. inrt, will not he read as a dity, but as a pieasure. We have heard our temiber fregnently, while le was at the bar, and we have carrfully inotied Jiis cfuo t- simee he has been in Coi gress.tid we have no doubt, that this is the h st of all his speeches. We cotr :mend it to the :ttentive perusal of our teaders. Suicics.-Conrmodore Crane catininit ed si iciJe, at 3 o'cluck. in the fternoeu of the leid its:ant, at his (flice, in the Navy Department. It sein's that he made his o ill belure so duing, and lft a nate retquestingtliat brs body siuld be taken to his home. Benjamin G.ifliin, an old man, living in Perry County, Ala.. aged abott 70 years, termnina. ted his existernee on the 14th inst, by dischair ging the contents ofa loaded gun in his head. We learn from the South et: Patriot, that the Rev. TI:otirns E Peckt. has been nunni monsly elected Pastor of thd Broadway Pies. byterian Church of Baltimore. And that the Rtev. Wtn. II I3ordley. late of the Aisuiith Street, Baltimore. has accepted the pastoral charge of the letho:ist Protestant Church in Ubatilestotn. We have received from Caiptaitn Richiaid Ward, of tis Disti ict, a batule of home made W'inie, of motst delicions~ flavor. We have tnot tried it ourselves as we are total abhstititice men.t bitt have sitttmitted it to a friend, who is a conntoissetir in thes. mtitters. We hive also received fin Capt. W., a couple of Rhtubdrh Pies. T[hey are very fine, and hitme tiost uced the l~ ibnirb root ft ''n Mr. Blake. at how cons try geintleuni w~tht, envtedl the plant ini Btuncoitaba, North Caurolinta. Ini u future inutmbet, we will ptublish stome extracts ttpon ithe enhnre of thle R ihain h lant. Mr. De Bionnerille.-Thtis getlemn:mt has beent peartirtming wondhers in Charleston. Amioitrrtthlr striage thitigs, he threwv a lady itnto a nmagtietic slumnber, atnd a physiinnt of high respectbility, was regnested to exu act it toth Irottn her whiiht to that state. Thbis was donie tn 'lie preseneoofsevel meicanl geiitlu. imetn antd others, who will II testify to thet tact, the ladly remuaming insensible all the time. and perfectly uinconiscious of the operattont. Bt ror the tmatie'tic* sleep, it is stated. that this ex tractin of the tooth. wotuld lhnve been ex treimely painrful. Will ttot the Professer ctome to Edgefield ? We will rzivc him a jab, as we~ htive some old grindiers which have donte sonme good service, btat of which we would now, wil. litigly get rid, if wye cnid withotut pain. [Co~tunct.:T.] EDGEF.I ELD, illarcht 1846. Ertract.-- At least two thirds of the taxes itaposed by the present tarifT are pttid, no. into thle TLreasu ry, btut to the ptrotectedl crasses The revenue fr om im ports last year exe'eeded twenty-seven millions of dollars. This in itself, is a heavy tax ; but the w~hole tax inmposed upon ihe peopile by the tariff is not less htn eighty one millions of dollars-if ni bichi twenty-soiven millions are paid to governmtent upon1 tha imnports, and fifiy. four tmttlions to the protected classes, in enhanced prices or similar domestic arti eles' I received from Col. Burt. our Repre sentative ini Congress from this District, a pondrouus document, which upon remio-j v'ing the envelope showed iiself to lhea Repiort fromt the lhutnorabhle Secretary of the Treasury Depntrtnment of the Federal G overnment ,til pu ths suject of revenue, tajes, dillintrsementts .and uither~ financial intatters,''cour ected withi the present con-~ tsin and fuittreiprospects, of our cointry Theu forniadlble size of' the doctirrient, the mornuini; being.cledir and biright, andt htuving a few private ecngagements rif'.hu siness on hand, llgtinTm to' lay.-it aside >,ni a ldiere d'o pbnt before dlomtg so.c casualty. opejg .it at tlie ninth pnnen my~v eye anncaug v he "1 Pore; oi pare ngpI-jy reatl, di asu at ,AIiit ihs9fid rsetadI neannit 1 renti ryin Ehe e!nrmit S fiiteinjulsti iro tie - cml Congress, to the Ameri p o Pope. challeliges all our faith abd ejedence and even afliy our assent is il.uc dtiyt yielded to the trtihuf he facts announced, it.is dilicult to. rcalie, how .iitr snd why it is, that it pcopleswho were ofree. nnd rejoiced in boasling loudly proudly that they would expend -'mtos:for de fence, but not a cent for trib 'l,pen pite who could a.-3d did once ntcertajn and estimate the.. precise quantumr tribute. a.adcl tyranny that was containedf n a lax of-3 pence-a-pound on tea-at 1--Pet ceiving tl:at its injustice wa o iu vto lation of principle thian in pwal al oP pressiuti, could and did indsignan over turn and revolutionizse the; gixst g-gov erntmenr, and sustait teir. theor ,r e qual rights and equal 'burtlens py a seven years bloody * ,ir-shog slow tamely, quietly, submi ely, andI ?Pas about to add. slavishly toienta-pay Millions upon "'millions 1rte and trot a cent fur defence." . things are past my comprehension. . EquL -TS. March -31, 18-46..#f [ComitcrtcaTL1 ] . Mr. Editor-Mr. Firderick ' ti, of Colnhin. South Carolina. hns in 4 a new Collar. whici for simplicity, cheapt ' and du rability is ttrivnied by mtsy tbing a kind I It nee ever seen. The C.Uar is for -upon a piece of whit' oak, or other tough t~d .abdout nn inch in diameter, bowed at the loi er part to fit the ches t of the animal. and p' aut otop. and contains the honks, ring &a., fowhich traces nud polo chains are fastened--thus comprising both Collar and hamins -in one piec -. not larget and very little heavier than an ordinary leather collar. it isparticularly well adopted to the ns .of wagons.:.The in ventor hila refised $.000 for the t. he tiving that the great deantd.whi calready exists will enable him to realize grea profits by it'tking and selling the article to aters. I have deposited one of these Colaipat the Harim-se Shop of Mr. Abby, of tijl place, where the public are invited to call uLexatm ine it. 1 . ConIIg re~ssi o .fa Corresponilknce of the Char. Cr er. W.ta-rGTo., Mnr l8. The louse Comitiee on Forl n Af firs, as I learn. h-'ve ast longthin iucted their Chairman to make a relpo t io that part of the President's message tvichl re. laies to 'Mexico. The Committee a ill report a r option in flavor tf a denanl y the Nten upo, Mexico,. for' the funier t cher treaty stipulations. M trhef 19. A rcarkable notice was giavusny ali-. Allen, in the Senate, this tmcrmn , as Chairman of the Committee opi5 i.g" 01Tirs, to wit That on !Mnday text, as so pthe sortiing 'tsiuness was disposeil:p he* would ask the Senate to go intol ecu tive session upon a most implyr A. rub ject, whieh demanded ittmedia ea tion, and would pei haps 'ace - os fivc diys. h . - Sonie suppose that this sttri aes to Mexico -others that it hais sornin nection with our relations with :Great lIriiaint. Air. Ashley stated that he should, in the course of the day. move that thu Sen ate should go into Executive sessioii upon a subsj-et whi-h was beire th'rn yster day. It is~ supposed he referred to the noitnmtittiott of Mr. .M'Calla as 2nd Audi t or & the Treasury. Mr. Dickinsont withdlrew a remtark which he made the tither day, thar the editors oh uste Tlimtes newspapjer were to Ite consid sred rathler as the victimts of msiniformta-, (ion than as deliberare slanderers. He tad beets conviniced of his error by the urteles since psubbtshed in that paper. A 'asilutions was oliered to carry into c-lf-et the tecommenetdastion sof the repio r af the Committee of Itivestigation, for the exclusion of the editvrs, propriettirs and reporiers of the Times from th3 Senate gallery. The Vice-President stated that he had already given tat order. rThe Oretgon question wsas takcen up, antd Mr. Niles sptoke at lengtb ini favor of an absolute atnd uniquitlifieud ntiice, as a utimied, appropriate'aud -peaceful tmea sure. lHe also suapp'trtud the President int his course hon this stuject, anid was in favor of compromiumse on 49. Thte Senate adjourned over till Monday. Correspbondence of the Charleston News. M~arch 20. The r'mark of Mr. Allen itt the Sentite yesterday relative to ihe important mat ters wthich required cotnsiderationi in exec utive session, ha.4 caused a great deal of1 spteculationa. T1he general itmpression is, that ble Sentate has tbeen reqluested by the Presitdent to give their opinion upon0 some proposition relative to Oregon, tin answer to whtich will he required before the sail ingL of the steamer ont the first of( April. T1his mtorning, from contversation ns ith sveral lending mietn, I am satisfied that Seniaturr arc as tmuch mystified with regard to Or egon as othe~r pteople. Clouds attd dark ness rest upon thme subject, both in Con gress and outt of* it. Itn te~ Ilouise to day the Har bor B-ill w as again taken up, atnd the remtainider of ite amtotemtns of the Committee of the Whole passed upon. The Western men got all their bargo appropiations fur the imtprovemenIt of their rivers. The item nf $25,000 for the imnprovemtenti of Hog Isla'nd Chanonel,in -.our htarbor, was struck Ot by a vote of 64 tu 86. -This wits to have-been expectetd, as the WVestern men vowed reveuige upon Mr. Holmes when he reported the amendmnent to the rule which empowers Aniy mtember to deumantd a separate Vote tipon all 'the ites-rof the lRtl, s0 as- to" preve: liog rolling. At a tuissequenit period of the day an attempt was tale.O reconsider alh6 Vote, bitt with antt success. Tfhe Bill ~was then pasbed bya vote of 110 to 91. Mr. Paynte moved t6 amend the title so is to make it'read. A Bill appiOpriatinlg niouey for interrnal un provemieuts- ainong he several 'Siales,-" biit-the-niotion, fail ~d. ;Thie:House iii t.adjo'urndi.1to Mon 'Gorrespoiltiencc of LtAeoiitherin Patriot. ,:" : 1iarch'24. i Vhe Senate'-was ir.sceoe of great in Ierest to day, froit life fact that a mesage as amticipateOrrni the President, in at swer to Mr. Dayton's resolution. calling for his opinion w hether there t as anything cnnnected with our foreign relations to warrant an increase in the naval and mil itary forces of the country. The answer in question was sent to the Senate this morning, and teas read after Mr. Chalmers of Mlississippi closed his remarks. By many it was regardedl as a War les.a;e, and there seemed in the city a general-pani;c, which will, doubt less, spread itself to Wall street in New York. and have a melancholy effect on the stocks. We must, however. be governed by reason, and not by panic,-there is nothing to warrant it, and I regret to see a disposition in certain prints to create in imtpression that war.is likely to take place. .r. Allen, the Chairman of the Com mitee on Foreign Relations, was desi rous to know nt hen the Senate would be ready to take the question on the Ore;:on notice. He alludl-d to the great length of time the question had been befure the Iwo houses, and the wish he hail that the matter should be brought to a fi'al c~oie. .lr. Moreiead mtade a brief reply. You must not be carried away by the message, and the ncar like ititude which is sough' to bei given it. Your readers may rest assured it will eventnte in noth ing. All the tmeasures rccommtendel b) the comi:nttees as war measures, were in finitely short of the nirk,. while they were as far 'ayund what was requisie for peace. That sagacious moan. Benton, opposed the Ibli from the Committee on Naval Mfairs fir an increase of war steam. ers. on the ground that it was nut cailed ihr by the exigency of the times. If Mr. .Polk had the least idea that war was proh able, to have remained silent until called upon would be, to say the least, criminal in the highest degree. Now, whatever may be the panic produced among the stock brokers i Wttll street, I hope the titelligent citizens of' Chatleston will not be led astray by it. Your Southern papers will have shown you that tur Consul at alatarioras has been imprisoned ott suspicion of holding cotunittti cation with Gen Taylor; thus, yon see, out relations n ith Mexico heente wore andi mnre cutplea tnd perlplexintg. The times are sadly out of joint. The Titmes newspaper expired last night. It could not outlive its gratuitous assault tat the character and dignity of the Setna:e. Correspondence of the Balt. American. malteb c.5. The public mind is a good dea! mote eal to day than it was yesterday, in re gard t, the Presiden:'s Message. 31r. Pelk's estimates appear to have been sub mitted to Congress on the 31st of Decem her last, and the pe.blic will soon know what they are, the Senate having order. ed them to be printed. The Navy esti matlies. which Mrd . Fairtield was so unn il aling to have commtunicated to the Senate, will comto notwiihstauding. The inoive for-con palment appears to for he.Navy by the Secretary of the Na vyand tho1se associated with him. The estimates proposed were, it is said, lir as many as fifty eight. ves-els. I doubt, however, if iMr-' Pulk will be willing to I stand responsible for such an esti:Date. The hill whiebh has passed the Clouse will make the armty about ten thousand strotig, o)! '2,900 stritngert ititint alpreseitt. Tno regitments of riflement wvete asketd fur, andt those to be nunted menti; but the luse hiave refused thie call thus tmade. andt the bill ntow paswd will not add an atdtditiotnal othiecr to the present force, Thel m.-ssage of the Presidetnt lias aiddedt no fire to the 5440 men. Tfhey are rath er tatmer, if anuythintg, t-hatn they wvere. SPE~CIAL ORDER1- OIIEGON, TIIE NOTICE. Mr. Chalmers addressed the Senate ini favor ofI the notice. A t his regnsest, our report of his. speech is delayed, but wiill speeily appear. A message nt as received from the Pres ident of' the United Stamtes. Mr. Allenticaled for' the reatdintg of the mnessage and it wats read, as folas: Tr the . snate of the Untited Stufcs: in answeVr to thie empm---t ' ofthe 1Senate, cotn. taitned itt their reshmin of' thec 17th intv'ant. wt'i.:ther. in tmy -'jiud tment, anyrb)cirenU tanti'tce cu~inc'ted witht, or g'rowingt" of. t forei relatiotns of tr is cou stry, require' at tints tat s tilt imlCreitse ofi ourn ttiaa ni trailiti o fz'e :a it so, -'what those. chensttances arc,' I have (o expire-s theopiti,.t, that at wvse ptecanmir denandtts snh ani incr: ease. It my ansnat meissage of the 2d of Decem-t ber last, I r-anemded to the iavoraible catn siderationi of' Coupgessu m iinrease itn our ntavalh force, especially ofoirsteam navy. anda the roli stmg of tan adhequate itary force to gitard and:1 protect sucth oh' our cittzens asI might think prop~er tu eutngratte to Oregetn. Since thaut pe riod. I har ee no~t tilnnset5 to reoil or tmodily~ these r'cotnen~dations. Ott thea cottratry, reasons exist which. int tty jttlgment. r'endr it proper tnot otly thtat they ahotild be pro'mpt ly carried into etfet; but that additional piro vision should tbe mt.ede far the public defince.I Thu considerntiont of' sucht additional pito vismoas was brought berore ap~propriaite c.tta ititte~es of the twu houses of Coingress, int ant swver to callsntmadehy themt, itt reports prepatred with my sanictiton, by the ::icretary ot' War andah e Secretary oft the Navy, on the 20th of Decetmber ad the 8tly ot' .hoatiry last.; a tmode of commuunicationa with Conugre's ntot tot ttsual,atnd, utnder exi~ting ciiemtstances, be hiewid to be imost- eligible. bttbsegttet eve'nts have contfirmed tmeL im theo opittiotn that thteso recomzanenidattiuons were proper a precau tiotary tsuttres. Iit was a wise ttmiximi of the [Father of his country, that "to be preared fir war, is tne of the most eilicieta man~ts of precservintg peace:" and tht. "avoiding occasiouns of ex petnse by icuiltivating peace," we shtoti.l "re a mietmber, lalso. that innely. disbursemiets to I prepare for daniger .frequetly pri-venCtt muiich greater disburse-ments to repel tn." 'SThe getn-. ert albigaion to pertformt this duty is greattty' strenmgthetted by teers knce.vo to thu wholule ivorld. Aconatroversy resp)ectinig the Oregun I territory tnow exists betweet the U. Staites t and Great Britatm; antd whihe, na far as wve r know, die relations of theo latter. with all En- e ropeati nartiens are oaf.the must pacific chtarac ter, shte is miaking ttntntaa aind extraordt.,ary arametnts atnd warlike tireparttiotns, aavail and inilitary, both at hmotme atnd itt tier North Amtertcan passessicam. o. - .It catitot be disregarded that. honwevecr sin- 5 I rupture these armaneits and pIparnti. s wwbcldbe usedtganinst ouz cuntr. . sier niyf hs. ebeen-.theigdgina -o these reparatidns. thm9inins midO bl,.Iithat iheycare now proceeding, in part, ;iJbea 4itl t view to the 'cmntinrgent paossibilitf4 ' war with the Uni'ed Staten;.: The -general policy tf making additiomnal warlike priepationl'. wa distinctly annotueed, in the speech rom '.bhe Itrone. at late ts Jtinuai-y Iastutind hits sice been reiterated by the lmnistcr. of the crown jm both houses ill Parliantvi. Under this u-neet ol our relations u lilth Great Britain, j .n'ilno doubt the propriely of insreasiug 1,11 meais of defi:nce, bith by la nd and en. This can rive Great Britain no cnse of oifence, nor increa1e the danger of ao rupture. I, oi the r ontrnrv. we should tind our arms in secu rity, and at lasi he suddenly iu olved in husti1 ities far the mianltenatice of our just rights, without any adequnate prepaition, our- tea ponsibility to tite country waould be of the gravest charcter. thouid collision between the two counties be avoided,_ :s I s:icerely trust it may be, the additionni charge upon the trea-ury, il making the necessary prepara tions, will not he lost; while, ins the event of such a collision, they would be indispu'mable for the maintenance of' our natioral t ights anc national honor. I have sects no reason to change or modify the recomlle,.dntlion o any annual messrage i regnrd to thw Oregon questiun. The notice te abrognte the treaty u the 6tia of August, 1827 is althorized by the tr"tty itself. a.d ratlnt be regarded as a wdr-tike niuensore; and I cannot withhold may strolg conviction .that it shohJ be promptly given. The ot'er recommiendnl linns ire in :'-nformitity with the exisIting treaty, nio wnnid ifford to Americn citizens in Ore !on nu more than the sanme measi;re of pro leclioa wiiCh h:as lang since been extended t British subjecrs in that territory. The state of' our reintions with Mlexico is still in nln ulsetltledcondition. Since the meet iug of Congress another revolution has taken pice in that country, by which the .gover: ient las, passed into the hanadeoi new ru';s. This event incs pm ucrnatiI.ated. and unmy possi biy dtefat, the isetlenett of the dfleences Jetween the United 5tates and that country. Fie uaiinister of the United States to Mexin-, it the date of the flst udvices, had not been ree:ived by the exising authorities Dem rem on- of o character hostile to tte U ni:ed States Continue to be made in M.exico, which 'as rendered it proper, in my jnmdgalent to .eep nearly tw o-tbirds oft our nrmy oil omr lonthwestern frontier. In doing this Iallny O: he raegutlmar military posts have belt red.ced to t .-mall foIce, in::dagaulte to their detenice lhidid any emergency arise. I, ' iew of these " sircumstattces.'' it is my judygment' that '"an increase of our navn! a! d milirary force is at this lie' required," to iu.ca them comutry in a suitable state of defence. It the $1a tile, it is my settled purpose to rIsne sneh at course of policy ats tny be nest :adculateu to preserve, both with Great Britain lad .lexico, all honaorable peace, .ch nliDIl hlemig w i1 so elot anlly promote as lul:lnulit) it our cncails". and a firm maintennce of all mrjnst rig.ils. .1 AJ l'S K. 'Oz.K. Washitgton, March 24, Icii. GiGEAT lAT'1LE IN INDIA. Tiree t!.o:aand three hundred British and native troops kIdled and wounded. and rspvrted less f' thirtj thousand Sikhs at Muooukc and Fe-o::shah. Our ;dvices from olimbay since the ailing of tie steamship Camlria down to CIliary 17th, and furuisn at'counts of one f the greatest butt tes. ever fought by ihe riti..h in our Indiau einpir. is n1hich we inve sustained the Knowtn .joss of ,200 ry y -lhti4ni hedsgi nt 'cterau, Sir Robert Safe, Sir JP icC:skill and .ilojor 3io idlihi. When bese accounts left the scene of actioln for imbay liur retiasinn to Englaud there tere several rueems fron athigh returns ad not been rectived, so that further uss nay be calculated upon. Arn extramrdinaury gazettee gives the tiictal accounlt ol all the iliitalry opera (Ils ill this great str'Uggle. Theu result ve alre troiud 10 say, is ns glorious and ecisive a v.ictory Ias e'.er crow'.ned the .ritilsh arils, adegnalle anl by the eld ol' 'A aterlon. Previous to laingti e'fore otur readers copies of the motire tIm utnit dlespaitches, nae prefix the fo'clow' ug brief atliline: Oni the 12a h,1I 3th, andit liih of Dec'enmber, the Sikh airmiy crosset he Sutlej wit, at leost tihe lowest esli nte~t(, 6f.b000 tmen ; of whtom 20,000 or l,u00 w.ere cavalry, an~d about 150(. at'cc el L'f cannon of the largest calibr~ie nioyeatble in~ the fieid an teXtquisitely fill' shed- an arlilery iineasur.blly t.or'e 'owerful than was ever bronghal. in0tIne icld by "Wellil;.lon or' Napf)ioieo. It IS mnly in mvoul ihast tile mdikits are to be 'nked as$ bdrbi'Iols. Thety are a ratce ta vlggoruus inm body. as5 aIcute ini itelleet, lil us skullu' toh ie arim they cuiliate', df wich n or is the chi et, as the genera'hl~ y ot Eutropeamns. TIse place at wichne tn- lornsta~lb!e hosmi paissed time river niuay I'; about I frty or liityL~ mites- from LahlOi , he cailtal of thi.: Punjaub, aind, nilhin a w,.st adiliance.d of the I litidi posts. fer iizepore' the 11bout. fitteen or tn euly'. lieS from1 the fpoint ait whaichi the Sikhs :t'.sed lhe rIVer. il so much. '1lT e-invaders having established a htm elIvCs and or;;nozed thueit' fuce 011 the rush side of time dualetj, made some fight demonstrations of at tacking Feroze ICre inl the imterval bet wen the 15th anld dthl ; but utponi the last namemd day, broke i, andi, taking thme direct road to Deli, moceed~ed iln a southerlny direcion, as it iev wol ask Fer'ozepaore, leaving it mtheir rlghl. in this direction a divisiona ml 30,000t oh the invaders hamd lroceeded about twenty ive mlies, to a place calied loodkee, w.hen, on the evening of' thet 8tha, ihey wvere met by a part oh' tile 3,ritishi oirmy. comma~landadf by Sir Hugh sogh otnd the Governor General, Sir Ienry Har'dinage, whIo as secoitt itn com nand took the field in person. A f~erce onflict ensued, inl wi.'h the Sikhs lost lie atuierv attached to their dlivision, in nmiber seventeen gtuns. It was in this tage of tihe btle that Sir Robert bale udt Genieral M~cCaskill fell. Thae con est proceedcc. hlanguiudly throught the I19 I aid 20th. the armies no both sides beitag cetipiedi ni ih the burial ot' their deamd, nd the rerorgantiantionl of their respective r'mies. During lthese two days thie omtamandler n ecei ved sotme rein forcemnents; nt. the invamders havintgflln back upona 'eir Imia body. probabty 20) or 40.000, resen'cd nl prodigiouasly augmeutedt fhree then the shaock of' batttle was renewed on ie 21st, at a place called- Ferozeslaar, 'crozesar the inavntderc hadpreparedt a tronghy elnrenchted -camp, whichr they~ ood prepnred tin defendi n-i.th 100) pieces r t~heir knttn fleki'rtilerv:- nndh 60.00 . taiiiatiou r o starc d .t t . ..and t ievbstik o oeo days 4that must lga ve pte'diigi cai1 e lihe iuvudgr's canip, with all its nqLerta/Lnd ariillery;..apdp., e utter dts* periisiot the -invadingar.y on the .2Sd D..cemher. The most fortunate escaped t) isldtJs in the St.lj,;or. ierkops.4t t e 'Punjao lrhmicVtnfte:tat # scattered in broken purties.. thripgh thbes. Blritish teriir'e's2Titir us 4 4 estimiated at .fron 25 . to 35.00 j ie and wuuudadF i hItl ti lled...and, wounded, it is to be fe'ared, frills little short of 3,300, including fiftyeEuropcan otricers. U z. Generals Houstn and Rusk, the. new. Senators from-Tesa. xas,, iIe learn, this evening,- an d stop at'u lers. They are understood to-favor Mr'. Cal honn's views on the- Oregoo questiotan. will therefore' probably vote for thergei.a1t fled cotice of Mr. Colquitt. e A utrnber of Couitreis infrnis400 thn-thie. tariff billwilerdf te house the preenti sek d f Weduesday.-liiL- elgy. - Cherokee News:-The:oppqiggrjtp in the Ciierukee Nation have cuimenea. anew hreir deprecations on each'other is is feared tlhtt much blootfWillkabw tri long. From the Artiansas frielliret r we gather the followitig itemi Ta ku-tau-ka, the lealrofib1 o at the arme of the kilbag ol JaneA. rr, w a killed a few dais since. = Wi;T h many others, were entcampedrsad a hre, and when Ta-ka-aau-ke war-ridingsroadd a stick, which tie called'olJin Stwf," sime nnknown persrn'horlit tl! inim ihrace, scatydaiii'n a-ad aisd hies calpe. - The friends of Ta/ka-taunfea will cer-. ibinly take revenge on some one,- abether he ,e the real etlvnder or 'not iaind'in re turn the friends of Starr willbe ggu lIg sure to kill somo of the other party. A large oudy of Cberokees advaonetf upot: old Fort Wayne, a few days sindel demrmardin the " Starr" boys evidenolf th1 illm" tita ibhis place was nanned by ot:ad Wattie's comiaprgy of Chlrt ees, andi that the Starrs were tlrereeonealec; ihe Cherokees had left a short tinte-be lore, and the fort was ocenpioed by;:cuui iny of U. S. Dragoons.. Thc olicer cazimanlding refused the party adeissi'tn when they dispersed. .i.s.. A lew drays since the bodyof a Cheroa kee, namei Marttu, was found near Fur U:uson, .n hich !una the -wounads Mad cuts ..itlete'l otn it, ceidestly led to tbe.cws c.u-,ion ihm h 1, ad been mturdeed. -.Neig ant Lydia Creek, nu:nmen of titorioue had e hracier, li% ing nien' tihe.Ifstw ,rested, and are to te trand osi unpetioi' Orrgon Settled' by Chntae.-Dr ll Coo au, 31issinanry -l - .he-Amelliams, LSapittt Board of hNlssion,, has w riale' tetter to Dr. Cone, of New York. which is published ta the New York.. terorllti-, in n hieu he ex presses the ldriin itithi the time will come .when the. c i earaii to Chinese to.the. Atptrican ita exeusve. Ili! - asuage - a "pince, eqiil 'to, .iiiaie r :y that has h'eeui kneul'- fasta- k un~i1a vent tireto1iredict -hat Zhepojpulatinu.r the Pacific States will be ccompose d tuma small measure..of Chinese.. Arenannwe . unce openeat. :vast. nuambeers. frosnlitlte over f.opulated country will weud their wt' hithmer." font. M1-. Kinsg,-We understand -li's i:nn.etnted to uliver the Anntiverbery Ut ationi before the .Stte Agricultural. tciety, at its meaetinig in this.place, dui-ing the hnext mession.of tthe Legishaure. VTo liIon..J. G. Calhoun wais the Orator elect. ed b~ (hec Society, hut: that igetleman de etiied int conseqiuence of very piressing publbe uand private duties.-Carolincn. Th'/e Mormns.-.lamnes J. Strang has. been acknten ledged by the larger portionis of ihe M orimns as ilheir secondtt propher, and thec ainnfil successor of Joe Swi d;. Sirang. is a lawyer of sonie. standintgltp his profesioni in Wisconsin, and resid~s at a tplnee i that tcrriory called jVov'ee, to nhich the Marmons ore flocking in grent rumbe:s. TIhe twelve elders w'ih their admhetents havo dlisclaitmed-the aii thority and pretensions of Strani2, and. amt on their wayt to Cailifornian. So that there is at lecigih a' split ini this "church of the Scimts." Strantg disatvcws-the spiarimat~l n ile syste.n, and maany ibier of he criminal doctritnes aind pracices of' tho (lid Moarmnons -Eening Neto' Surgery.-The' Savannaho Geoargian Mf March 23d1 say s: *:On-Friday, a dleliente. operaition in nsurgery, ,was successfudly perfoarmetd tponi one of' the- inmates,-.of the lir.spital.by Dr. It. D Arno4L.. The patient, a mtani of somixe 45.or 50,yarcsof aige, had been suffringm fromt a cgteractjg~ both eyes. A bout ten, days sinice Dry. A. operated upton The left eye with e~ndei i suncess. '[The operantonh on the rigfir'eye oat Friday, was performed with'gi-eati~Idi and in the opinion of the medical-arnd o h er gentlemen piresentr, with every promaiso. of a restoration of sight. Ftom the returns m'ade to the County Court last week '.y the 1tnspectors.we tmake up the folloing aggregates of T.u' pentinte, Tar and Timber,, inspectod .in Wilminoton; fur, the year endine Myrech 9th 18-16. Thte Lumber lnspector didi nort make comnplete returns so that we a~ untable to state thie gma'otity of that .at~iib brought to market during thhe ye-ar. Turpentine; 337.846'baries i 'Timbher, 44.884287 feet.4 WVe have not at lhanttthermeans'ofis certaining how these roeturustcoutpErP with former -years. but 1re~under:~lhe imu pressionl that-there is a~n incras~e .in ,gtr~ pent ine andTair o fron ,0 to 4pe cent over anyi prevmou~yer andi a v ry considlerohle one in Tin iber.--Wilnisk* - Y. C. Chronicle. ~ We uiderstauts tlt Taaa i~js thePortsofE:harleefon i .4eotpi.t~ta