The New York Herald Newspaper, March 5, 1846, Page 4

Beans, Peas and Flour as last advised. complied 4 Fl : h: Wheat 4.120, Bi 40, Oats Arriva 6190 are; Flour s. Irish : Oate se 3 Wheat 7,190, Barloy 630, Oate Loxpon Txape Reroxt, Friday Evening, Feb. 6th.— Sugar—The total purchases of the week amount to 1300 hhds. and tes. in the British plantation market. Prices wre fully as high as at the commencement of the week. ‘here is a fair business doing in refined goods. Stand- 1 lumps selling at 648., avd brown grocery at 638. to Jer cwt, 4000 bags Mauritius, in auction, fetch- ullWtrket prices. Good to fine low to middling 478. 6d. to 4! i7s. Gd. to 51s. 6d. per owt. bi Madras, in auc ag ; low @ 498. Gd., middling yel- )s., Low damp Khaur 37s. to 38s. per dras, in auction, sold at full market ‘ood brown 42s. per cwt. Rums dull. Leewards proof are selling tion, sold at fair low Mauritius sort cwt. 1500 bags N prices; fine yellow 50s., The market is ve at Is. l4d., and Caleutta proof at 1s. 10d. per gallon. Tea—The public sales continued to-day; of 15,000 pack ages which d the ehair, onl; ut 1500 were sold, were damaged, and plantation Ceylon 66s. to 568. 6d. Molasses—250 puncheons Berbice and Trinidad, offered in auction, were bought in at 20s. per cwt Cotton—The | hing sales of the week are 1,400 bales Surat, and 170 ales Madras, the former at 2}d to 3}d, and the latter at gd per cwt. Liverroot Corton Marker, Feb. 5.—A large amount of business has been done to he sales are from 8,000 to 10,000 alltothe trade. ‘The market is steady and prices well supported. Liverroo: Conn Manxert, Feb. 6 —At to day’s market there was a slender attendance. Choice old Wheat was held at Tuesday's rates, but inferior samples and se- condary qualities of new Irish were 1d to 2d per bushel per. Oats, being in limited demand, were rather | easier (o purchase. Gatmeal was 34 per load cheaper. For Canada Flour there was a moderate sale at Tu da: . lrish Flour was neglected, and all but the | choicest qualities easier to purchase. Philadelphia sweet Flour iu bond was effering at 27s per barrel. Youxsuine.—The cloth markets at Leeds were very | dull last week, owing to continual suspense as to the in- | tentions of goverament. Prices, however, were firm, and | stocks moderate. In tho warehouses there Was more ac- | tivity, particularly in the shipping trade. There was no material alteration either in the foreign er English wool market. The demand was moderate, and prices continued firm. At Huddersfield, the market was flat, from the same cause, and also in consequence of the an- nouncement of severe! bank failures. At Heckmond- wike, there was more business done in the blanket trade, and afew orders were given out on American ac- count. The home trade continued dull, owing te the ex- traordinary mildness of the season. At Bradford, the business doing inthe piece market, was quite an aver- age for the season. Prices remained firm, and the free- trade measures ofthe government were looked upon en earnest of returning prosperity. There was more tivity in the wool market, end the demand for yarns was steadily increasing. At Halifax, the business doing in the piece and yarn markets was about an average for the season. In the wool market, long sorts were dull, | but in shorts there wasa good business, at Improving prices. The following were the quotations :—Middle wethers £ , common noils and broke about £10 5s per pack. erpool Mercury. Laxeasuine, Tuesday, Feb. &.—Tho calico block printing trade at Manchester and the neighboring towns, is very dull; and, on ar average, operatives have not half employment. At Blackburn, during the last fort- night, t! tions of cotton goods; but manufacturers complain very much of the small amount of protits. The Yarn market remains firm, and in some inst rather higher prices have been obtained. The stocks are low, and spinners do not appear anxious to push sales. Power-loom cotton weavers are tolerably well employed; and lately a large number of the hand working upon power looms. Hand-loom weaving con- tinttes very dull,operatives are only partially employed und they have to submit to abatements in their smal. earnings for the most trifling faults, Calico block print- ang at Church Parish, Accrington, Oswaldtwisle, and their yicinities, is extremely dull, and at some shops, hands have not more than two days work a week, whilst many are out of employment. Machine printing, in the | same district, is improving; silk weaving at Manchester, ond the neighboring towns, increases every week. Bounse—Panis, Feb. 2.—The proceedings of the week enaing January 31, have been marked by auother ad- vance in the 'rench Funds, and by the comparative stag- nation in railway operations. The ‘Three per Cents, have advanced 30c., and the Five per Cents. 90c,, the former closing at Saf. 75c., and the latter at 122f. 80 ‘This improvement has arisen partly from the nec which exists to fiad an investment for the large sw which hove become at liberty after the late adjudica- tions, and partly from the little probability that appears to exist atthe present moment of the Ministry being worsted in the discussion on the Address i Theatricals. Seguin troupe will make their first appearance in the new comic opera, by Donizetti, entitled “Don Pasquale.” A brilliant succession of crowded houses will, undoubtedly, | reward the enterprising management. This evening the comedy of “Speed the Plough,” and tho farce of the “Misories of Human Life,” will be presented. A good bill should ensure a crowded house. t “Demon Statue” was repeated with great su cess. Mr. Anderson's. performance of the con Irish character of Denny O’Loftus, is quite a “ hit ;” and the enthusiastic manner in which it is received, will doubtless encourage him in his histrionic ef- forts. Woe need not inform our readers of the speech | manner in which the nautical drama, ‘Black-eyed | Susan,” is got up, by the indefatigable managers of the | Bowery. “Don Juan” was also played most admirably. To-night, “Damon and Pythias,” and the comedies, | “ Born to Good Luck,” and “ Catching an Heiress,” will be presented. As it is Mr. Hadaway’s benefit, his nume- rous admirers will be sure to fill the house. The mana- gers announce that they have made arrangements with Messrs. Rockwell & Stone, for the performance of some grand equestrian_dramas. Howe’s Cince’s at Patao's.—On account of this being the last night of the and being set apart for the | the unapproachable Dan Rice, the comic & magnificent programme of performances is the richest of avy yet. The graceful and utiful female a, Madame Macarte, has been engaged fcr Dan's benefit, and Dan himself promises to open his budget in earnest, and let fly fun in every di- | rection. We refer to the amusement column for the | particulars, and hope Dan will have, what he deserves, a most substantial benefit. Onaronio or Society will give t) day evening, the ilth instant, at the —The New York Sacred Music on Wedues- acle. City Intelligence, Ropseny ox Boar tHe Moxtezuma.—This packet ship was to have sailed yesterday, but was detained on account of a robbery committed on board the night pre- ceding. It appears that during the ab | ‘watchman, the thieves came under the bow: ia a boat, entered on board, broke open the some trunks of the passengers, and having been sud- denly disturbed, decamped in 'a hurry. This appears from their dropping in their fight a piece of silk, near the main hatchway, which they had stolen from the cargo. One of the passengers had stolen, to the value of seveaty-tive dolla: it is said, was plundered to a considerable enquiry naturally arises, whore was the the ship at this time? The answer follows: that our merchants supply a single watchman for two ships, thereby accommodating the roguish watchers for prey, who, aa the ship watchman leaves one ship to examine ‘the other, can step comfortably on board, and pick up whatever is most handy. We understand that as yet no elue bas been discovered to the robbers, though two men have been taken up on suspicion. This was the cause,jwe are informed of the p's detention. The amount of cargo carried off wat appears, consider- able ; consisting of some valuable silks, which were to have been ryturned to the European shippers, as well as ‘esterday was another balmy, spring- rays of the sun penetrated through the | ice, sonsibly diminishing their propor- © water ran, at some of the crossings, in a do- zen young rivers, and the streets show the ground and paving-stones again. A few days like ye Clear up our streets nicely. We heard of sons beiag injured, yesterday, by the falling of snow from the roofs of houso; in fact, it is really dangerous to pous slong the sidewalks during the thaw, as occasion. silly ea avalanche of snow comes thundermg down. We believe there is a city ordinance requiring the tops of houses to be cleared of their snow. No law should more rigidly be enforced, as upon it depends, during this weather, the limbs and lives of our citizens. Fine.—The alarm of fire last ovening about six o'clock, originated from a spirit gas lamp bursting in the f B a & Greene, No. 56 Chatham ‘uesday night, at 10 o'clock, was the store No. 15 Jacob street. Extinguished without much damage. Iwavounation Baur ‘he Grand Ball in honor of the Ina Polk, came off last evening, at Tamm prilliantly lighted, and decorat &e., and filled with company of gay lads and bri spent the night in the pleasure 4 dent Van Buren, Mr. Cambreiling, and several other dis- Upgwushed guests wore present. Conowen’s (Gericr, March 4.—Sudden Death.—The Coroner held an i esterday at Lovojoy’s Hotel, William Lillyman, 45 years of age. It ‘man was agont and salesman for Mr. ¥ vary, Massachusetts, manufacturer of gimp and fringes, &c., and arri in town yesterday, and put up at Lovejoy’s Hotel. He complained of unwell the night previous, aod was found dead in his bed early the next morning. Verdict, came to his death by congestion of the lungs. Died ugh Intemperance. an inquest at No. 21 Albany stro he Coroner also held | nthe body of a Ger. | man emigrant, called Heary W. C. St n, dt years of @, born iu Germany, who came to his death by apo- plexy, brought on by mtemperance. The Coroner was likewise cal! led to hold an inquest | at the City Prison Tombs, on the body of Edmund Birch about 36 years of He was arrested and committed to prison on a cha f insanity, and was found dead in | ‘day morning. Deatu or Gov. Stocxtos oy De.awarr.—! Thomas Stockton, Governor ef the State of rd | died suddenly on Monday evening at New Castlo,while sitting in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court, | conversing on busines. > ere bas been a good demand for most descrip- | posing the resumption of negotiations, declaration of war; and if they pass even with that h v a clause, it must restrict negotiations, and compel the | off Mr: Polk. This family dispute on the Oregon NEW YORK HE HWew York, Thursday, Match 5, 1846. OCEAN EXPRESSES. NEWS FROM EUROPE. ‘The astonishingly short passage of the packet ship Toronto, Capt. Tinker, leads us to suppose that se- | veral packets, with late news, will arrive before the steamer Hibernia reaches Boston. We may look for the following PACKRTS TO ARRIVE WITH NEWS. Captains. hence. ‘Sailing Days Johnston, Havre, Feb. I Eldridge, Liverpool, _Feb. 6. Wheeden, Havre, Keb. 8. Hovey, London, Feb. 10. Cobb, Liverpool, b. 1. West, Liverpool, Utica, Hewitt, Havre, St. James, Nye, Liverpool, Henry Clay, Meyer, London, Feb. 21. Ibany, Crawford, Havre, Feb. 24. Steph. Whitney,Popham, Liverpool, Feb. 26. Yorkshire, Batley, Liverpool, Mar. 1. The steamer Hibernia was to have left Liverpool yesterday noon for Halifax and Boston, and cannot, therefore, be expected to arrive before the 18th or 19th inst.—thirteen or fourteen days hence. This will give the above packets fair passages to arrive before we receive her news; and March is generally the most favorable months for trips to the west- ward. The news, however, to be brought by them may not be of much importance. But we shall see. News from Europe. We received, at an early hour yesterday morn- ing, by the arrival of the packet-ship Toronto, Capt. | Tinker, from London, four days later news from that port, which we published in an extra, several hours in advance of any of our contemporaries. | ‘The ship was boarded at sea by one of our clippers, and the news dispatched to the city§by express. The advices, in a political point of view, are not | of much importance. No further action had been | taken in Parliament in relation to the Oregon ques- | tion; but the receipt of accounts from this country, | showing that the notice resolutions would probably | pass both houses of Congress, had given an oppor- | tunity to some of the London papers to make the matter a subject of comment. The Morning Chro- | nicle, the organ of the whig party, in remarking | upon these resolutions, says, that their adoption, in | any shape, must lead to the most unfortunate con- sequences ; for if they pass without a clause pro- it isa virtual | two governments to come to some amicable settle- ment within the twelve months, to prevent any | Jom operatives have commenced movement in the disputed territory endangering | The efforts, made about a month ago, to procure & the peaceful relations of both countries. ‘The position of the two governments in relation to this question, after the expiration of the twelve | the whigs—was a similar error to that which the months, without some settlement in the meantime, | cliques of the democratic party have fallen into. The would not be so favorable as it is at present—there would be danger at all times of some difficulty with- | much in that line of business; and, accordingly, in the limits of the territory in dispute, that might | when the recent correspondence was brought out, plunge the two countries into a war, at a very short notice. The views of the organ of the whig party | to be heard of it. Mr. Polk, under all circumstances of Great Britain upon the point, are far from being | 1n this important question, has managed it witha incorrect or unsound, and the difficulties the pre- | great deal of skill and sagacity. The correspon- | mature action of the House of Representatives have | dence of last summer was approved by the country; hrown in the way of negotiations upon this affair, are every day becoming more apparent and more | subject of the recent correspendence, yet it must be formidable. It will be more difficult to agree upon a compro- | | mise in the event of the “netice resolutions” pass- | themselves right before the world more than that Panx Tueatne.—The comedy of the “Provoked Hus- | ing both Houses of Congrese, without the most | their terms would be accepted by the United States band,” and the new drama of the “Cricket on the Hearth,” | |iberal qualifications attached to them. Asthe Lon- | government. What the Executive gequired in all were performed last evening. On Monday night the do, Chronicle remarks, “Every concession would | this was, simply united action am, yall parties be construed to be—ifit would not be in fact—a concession to fear—a concession made under the | other measures as may be deemed suitable, in order pressure of the alternative, war.” It would be well | to bring this important measure to a peaceful termi- | nation. ‘0 reconsider this matter. Giving the notice, is con- sidered a peace measure, and it of itself may be but | | that itwill preserve peace, is another thing. Bowery Tuxarne.—As usual, this theatre was well | become necessary, it the notice is given, to bring the | traced to the unwise and unskilful conduct of the filled last night. ‘The public evince their just apprecia- | question to a settlement before the expiration of | newspaper organ of the President im this city. Pre- | tion of fine acting, by attending it n crowds. The | that notice. Should negotiations not be resumed | vious to the opening of the session of Congress— | | immediately after giving the notice, and the ques- | and while the negotiation was pending—the Union It will tion brought to an amicable settlement, within the | limits of that notice, greater difficulties will | surround the matter than have ever before existed, and the peace of the two nations will not be for a moment permanent. evident, from the tone of the British press, that the course pursued by the organ of this government at Washington has thrown obstacles in the way of a speedy and amicable arrangement of this question, which it would not otherwise have experienced. Its remarks in relation to this matter have not been , dignified, courieous, nor, in many instances, even respectful. Being the official paper, its sentiments are considered those of the government, and its in- consistencies are looked upon as being those of the - | tions between the two countries. | selves, to the visible injury of the administration, - meer (Bategntet Conpsepapeypnre:| more propriety, and a higher degree of statesman- “Wastanaton, 1, 1816. _| Ship, than the democrats ; and I have particular re- The Oregon question, the Senate, although | ferenee to Mr. Crittenden, and several of his asso- there are forty-five out {of fifty-four in body fa- ciates, in this view of the matter. | vorable to 49 degrees, is -etill i mos}.-untow: ‘Thus, 1t will be.seen, from this brief view of the state of contusion; nor is there Sy likelihood i | present confused state of things in Congress, and it will escape this condition of disorder, for some | ‘he causes that have led to it, that it is difficult to | ume to come. At the end of last week, several ef- form any rational conclusion as to the issue. J | forts were made to take the questions upon various | think that Mr. Polk and his cabinet have, thus far, been treated by his newspaper organ here, and his party in Congress, with a great deal of disrespect | and want of confidence. The negotiations have mination asever. There are nearly half a dozen | exhibited, from the period ‘of the correspondence | | up to the present time, strong points of correctness | propositions relative to the “notice,” before the | P ne, st rint Senate; and each of the fathers of these propositions | 224 propriety; and, if this negotiation had been pro- perly supported by his friends in Congress, and by ji Jute in supporting his own offspring, - | pone Fe clan acetone abal | his party, itis probable it might have terminated be regarding the ticklish condition of the negotia- | Successfully, in an honorable treaty, before this time | propozitions before that body, but both the great parties were divided as to what courge to pursue, | and the subject is still as far from any probable ter- mending what the course of this government shall | | —but, as matters now stand, under the momentum | During the last fewfdays, certain friends of the | of cliques in Congress, I have great doubts of its ter- | President have endeavored to bring about some | Minating in any manner, save such as may turn | common ground of action among the democratic | Ut disastrous to the negotiation—disastrous to the | | Senators; but, as yet, these efforts have been attend- | Country—and disastrous to the great interests which | ed with no success whatever. The debate will be both Countries are 80 desirous to protect. en | resumed to-morrow, and the question will be taken We are now in the crisis of this great and im- | di two, rhaps just as likely i eek | Portant question, and I shall watch the matter, day | shell rs auch cated semper ee | by day, until we know the result. | or two. > A This conflicting condition of things in the Senate | The isolation produced by the democratic cliques is most unfortunate for the country; divided coun- , in Congress, between Mr. Polk and his party—par- sels, divided opinions amongst the political friends | ticularly observable in the embarrassment on the | of the administration, take away from the President | Oregon debate—is beginning to produce the convic- | that moral force and influence which he requires, in tion in the minds ofa great many persons, that Mr. order to conduct the Oregon question with ability | Polk, himselt, will be again compelled to stand in | and success. Thus far Mr. Polk has been most the position of candidate at the next Presidential | | shockingly treated by hjs own political friends, in | lection, in order that the business of the legislation | both Houses of Congress, but particularly in the | of the country, during the present crisis in our Senate. ‘They are weakening him and his admin. | foreign affairs, may be carried on before Congress. istration every day on this important subject, by The various movements attempted in both Houses their struggles to manufacture popularity, each on | of Congress, in reference to the Oregon con- his own bottom, out of this Oregon affair. There | troversy—all running counter to the recommen- | are three, or four, or five cliques in Congress, that | dations of the President—have produced embar- | have produced, and continue these embarrassing | rasement to the government, and weakened its divisions, from efforts amongst the democrats them- | moral force in the affairs of the negotiation. | | This state of thinge has been produced by the be- and all for their own ulterior purposes of President. | liet that Mr. Polk was not to be a candidate for making. Each of these cliques, with its Presiden- | the next election—thus leaving the question open tial candidates on hand, endeavors to make a “hob- | for every presidential clique in Congress to orga- | by” of the Oregon question :for the next election, | nize movements, with such ulterior purposes, to go- and is endeavoring to drag it out of the hands of | vern their action during the present session of Con- It is | the Executive, and to precipitate it before the world, without entertaining any regard for the delicate po- sition of the country in relation to a foreign power. * It 1s an additional calamity to think that this state | of things amongst the democratic party, has been | brought about by those who have attempted to head matter is principally confined to the democratic par. | ty—it has not affected the whigsto the same extent. | settlement of this negotiation upon a certain propos- ed basis—that of arbitration—originating amongst whigs, however, being in a minonty, could not do their object was blown up, and there was no more and although there isa division of opinion on the allowed that the British government, in attempting arbitration a second time, indicated a desire to set in Congress, m reference to the “notice” and such ‘The original fault—the original error, in all this business, in which Congress now stands—may be Newspaper very improperly came out on the subject, of the Oregon territory, and diseussed that question —thus rudely taking it out of the hands of | the cabinet and the President, where, ac- cording to all rules of propriety the govern- | ment paper ought to have left it.. No doubt Mr. Ritchie was governed by good motives, but the posi- tion in which he stood to the government, as its or- gan, ought to have restrained him from any attempt to wrest it from its proper hands, and precipitate it before the country asa popular topic. When he was simply an editor in Richmond, he might have done | what he pleased ; he owed no responsibility to the | propriety of his position. Now, what has all this done, or what is it likely to do, butto produce a state | gress. There can be no unity of action in the ad~ ministration party in Congress, at this early period | of Mr. Polk’s Presidency, while the Presidential | question stands open for all candidates, except Mr. | Polk himself. The ‘friends of the President, being | friends of the country, are, therefore, determined to consider Mr. Polk up for the next presidential elec- tion; and to let him take his chance, in order to do away with the efforts of those who are trying to | head him off. It is true that, in accepting the no- mination of the Baltimore Convention, Mr. Polk agreed and promised not to be a candidate for re- | election; but his friends believe that the neces. | sities cf the country, and the peculiar crisis in | which it has been plunged in its foreign and do- mestic relations, will render it a matter of wisdom, on hispart, to submit to the exigencies of the cage, and be a candidate, though contrary to his own convictions, in order to give unity tothe party. No convention—such as that held at Baltimore—will, probably, be required, to bring about such a re-no- nomination. The necessities of the case—the wishes of friends—and the spontaneous impulses of | the country, may place Messrs. Polk and Dallas again in the same position in which they were two years ago. Such being the opinion entertained by a number of | the friends of Mr. Polk, in Congress, a similar state of things is forming in the opposition ranks, in refe- rence to Henry Clay, who is still considered a can- didate for the next Presidency, if Mr. Polk should beheld up inthe same capacity. These movements in reference to Mr. Polk, on the one side, and Mr. Clay on the other, will not depend on the result of conventions—nor will,the idea that the daysot con- ventions have passed away, be weakened in any respect, by this course. There is certainly a strong disposition among a certain portion of the whigs here—particularly the Western whige—to give Mr. Clay another trial, and to postpone the aspirations of General Scott, Judge McLean, and the other whig candidates who have been spoken of, until it 18 par- ticularly ascertained whether Mr. Clay is not yet one of the most popular of the party. This move- ment on the part of Mr. Clay’s friends, in relation to the Presidency, caused by the movements of the democratic party in relation to Mr. Polk, will thus | receive additional force ; and all these opinions going forth to the world, will have the effect to ren- der a postponement of all the conventions which marked the progress of the two parties, during the | last two years, necessary. | In reference to this matter, 1 believe it is agreed | upon by a number ot the leading whigs in Con- gress, and out of it, to start a new newspaper in Executive. Its blundering*aseertions are considered | °f things that may be fatal to the peace of the coun- | this metropolis, which will be organised on official menaces ; and,the prejudices already exist- ing between a portion of the people of both coun- | tries are made more bitter, and the peace of the two ‘governments endangered. So much for the official paper of the administration; and unless | some great change takes place in its character, its influenee as authority in govercment matters will be as limited in Europe as among those who know the character of its statemen’sin this country. It will be a fortunate thing for the country if its inconsis- tencies have already destroyed its influence abroad. It appears that a new movement has been made in the French Chamber of Deputies in relation to American affairs, and the Ministry seem to have lost ground, in the position it wished to take in the event of arupture between this country and Great Britain. An amendment to the address, in relation to American aflairs, which was introduced, was lost by a majority of seventy-three—a decrease of five from the previous vote. The commercial advices are of very great impor- tance. It is possible that the Ministry of Great Britain may be compelled to make more liberal modifications of the corn laws than originally proposed by Sir Robert Peel. Meetings had been held in all parts of the kingdom, and immense peti’ | tions had been sent to Parliament, calling for a tetal and immediate repeal of the corn laws. It was offi- cially announced in the House of Commons, that the Government had given large orders for the pur- chase of corn in the United States, for the purpose of supplying the starving population of lreland. The news, altogether, cannot be considered other- | ' wise than favorable. The railway deposit crisis had | passed away without producing any of the antici- pated evils; and there had been a very great im- provement in the funds. Arrival or 1HE Massacnvserrs —This vessel, so long expected, and for the safety of which some anxiety was entertained, arrived at this port last evening, after a severe passage of forty-two days | from Liverpool. During her voyage she encoun- tere? a constant succession of westerly gales, which | almost entirely prevented the use of her steam power. She made the banks of Newfoundland on the lith of February, but wi southward. On Monday lest she was within 25 miles of Sandy Hook, but was compelled by the gale to stand off to the south-east. Tue Passace or THe Toronto.—This city was taken by surprise early yesterday afternoon, by the issue of Extra Heralds wi b late news from Europe. No one expected European intelligence so soon af- ter the arrival of the Cambria. But the speed of the packet ship Toronto, and the energy of Captain | Tinker, accomplished the passage over the Atlantic in twenty-two days. Tur Lare Stonm.—From all points, we have re- ceived accounts of the extentand etfects of the late storm. We are, however, compelled to omit the details for the present, owing to the crowded state of our columns. Etxction ix Urica.—Ten whig and two demo- cratic Aluermen were olected in Utica on Monday. Thy whigs elso carried their Mayor by thirteen majority, fterwards driven | try? irk this state of things, as soon as Congress opened, the various democratic cliques, finding that the Union newspaper here, was appropriating to itself the honor | | of claiming the “ whole or none” of Oregon, became somewhat jealous of the popularity that was likely | to accrue therefrom ; and hence the various move: | ments made by the democratic cliques to appropri- | ate to themselves “a portion of the same popularity. | They committed the same fatal error that Mr. Ritchie did; and the result of all these attempts to appropriate, for ulterior purposes, the thunder of the | Oregon question is now seen in the state of utter | contusion in which the whole democratic party is brought towards the executive, at an interesting | crisis in the negotiation. It was a great mistake on _ the part of the President, ever to permit the organ | to interfere in relation tothe Oregon negotiation. | It was equally a mistake for any of the democratic | party to make it a question for ulterior purposes ; | and it was unwise in the leaders of each of these | cliques to strut on their several ‘‘hooks,” and at- tempt to take it off his hands. | On the other hand, it was the best way to have | consulted on the best and wisest course to be pur- | sued by the President and his Cabinet; and after having agreed to place the same before the opposi- | tion party, and procure their sanction to some poli- | | tical course of action ; this being done, both parties | might have agreed to give the notice, and present to | | England and the world, perfect union between the | | President and Congress, instead of divided counsels and a broken front. It is said, indeed, in some quarters, that the pre- sent state of things has been produced in conse- quence of the want of confidence, on the part of Mr. Polk, in his leading friends in both houses of Con- gress. 1 doubt this interpretation altogether. The difficulties now surrounding the position of the Oregon question have been produced, not through want of confidence by Mr. Polk in his own party, but by the rash desires of many leaders of these cliques to make political capital out of it, by thus snatching this question out of the hands of Execu- tive, where it ought to remain, and bringing it be- | fore the public without, any regard of its conse- quences to the country. The conduct of Mr. Ritchie throughout the whole summer, and up to this time, has been most unwise, and contrary to all propriety and good sense. He has only been en- deavoring to head off the President himself in these matters ; and the democratic cliques, eupposing that this course had been pursued for ulterior purposes, have followed in a similar track. The result of all these movements is a degree of estrangement be- tween the President and the democratic party in Congress, that may lead to disastrous results during | the remaining portion of the session, and cause & | complete failure in all the measures of the adminis- tration now before Congress. whigs, which was a ridiculous and absurd affair, | from beginning to end, and equally as untenable as With the exception | of the arbitration movement on the part of the | such a plan as will take cognizance of all matters | transpiring in Congress. The National Intelligencer is considered too timid, too old fashioned, too | weak for national or party pucposes. A circular, pro- posing to establish a new paper, under the name of the Republic, has been handed-round amongst the | opposition leaders, and there is every prospect that success will attend the efforts making to give 'it ex- istence. A gentleman of talents, of considerable | experience in the political movements of the day, a | native of New England, and who knows and is perfectly conversant with Western feeling, has been | selected to conduct this journal. It will advocate, in the strongest manner, the general principles and position of the party ; and the first object will be, if there isgny chance or possibility to accomplish it, to reverse the late decision on the presidential question which, by the eccentric movements of Birney, was given by a minority of the people in 1844. That election is considered, by the leaders of the opposition, as an unfair test of the popular sen- timent in this country; and it 18 believed that | nothing but justice and fairness point out the pro- priety of another run between Polk and Clay, in | order to teat fully, before the people, the capacity and popularity of each. The renewal of this contest, with the changes of public opinion, and the new issues affecting our foreign policy, would certainly present one of the most interesting contests that ever took place in this country. And it would ap- pear—from the developments of the last few weeks, and the position of Mr. Polk with his party, and, also, the recent movements on the part of some western whigs in relation to Mr. Clay—that this course has been determined upon, without any reterence to a convention, to beheld at Baltimore or any where else. If this rew idea of trying again the sense of the people, in a contest between Messrs. Polk and Clay, should , prevail, it will have the effect to postpone and lay aside all the other candidates | of the two parties, whose movements, during the last two or three months, in Congrees, have produced disastrous effects on the legislation of the country, affecting its position in reference to foreign nations, There can be no doubt now, that it would have been wise conduct, in both the democratic and whig parties in Congress, to have calmly and tem- perately come forth at the commencement ot the | session, and to have supported the Oregon measures of Mr. Polk, without any division or party action. The country, generally, approved of the Oregon ne- gotiations of Mr. Polk. Yet, while we were in an extraordinary position belore the world, and in the very crisis of honor and success, on the Oregon question,the democrats in Congress were led astra | and paralyzed the Oregon movement, and, thi caused principally by the influence of the Presiden- tial aspirations, springing into existence from that party, and mainly, upon the ground that Mr. Polk was to be no candidate for the next election. The opposition party, finding the administration | party divided amongst themselves, very naturally are now in that critical position, in reference to our foreign relations, which all must deplore. This ws the great mistake which both parties made in Con- py a purpose of starting their candidates at the Presidential election—instead of which, they ought to have united in the support of the Oregon question, and presented a front, one and indivisivle. Such are the views that are springing up and that prevail among a certain portion of both whigs and democrats, in reference to the position of affairs as theee movements, connected with the Presi- sane The belief is general, that no convention will be held, such as aril eademmed authoratitive of the general views of either party, in consequence of this cont course. But the effect will be to produce a concentration of public opinion in relation to Mr. Polk, on one side, and Mr. Chay on the other, 80 astotest their merits before the people once more. It was a similar state things that was presented during;the first Presidency ot General Jackson. Tne isolation of a large portion of his caused the necessity of considering hima idate for re-elec- tion, 80 as to give unity and force to his adminis- tration. I would not be surprised in finding similar results, from similar causes, in reference to Mr. Polk’s administration ; and if Mr. Polk, to the ex- clusion of all other can should neously nominated by would tend, beneficially, al the i for fotos public interests, fete og now vi among various whoare {aly speculating on thenext Presidency. {tis most probable that Clay, on the other side, will be put for- ward by the whigs. If so, citing and interesting one. time, Con; driving the country to 54. 40. very rapidly. there, war 1s certain. gress is -When The New York Pllots—False Statements aguinst them—Thetr Case. The Journal of Commerce published, on Tuesday | last, a catalogue of stupid falsehoods against the New York pilots, about as stupid as any ever pub- lished in that paper since the day it became the pious defender of the immaculate Maria Monk. comes our duty to nail these falsehoods to the wall, | for public observation. The Cowrier and Enquirer, without taking the trouble to distinguish truth from falsehood, in its avidity to malign the whole body of New York pilots, republished the statements ef the Journal, with some slanders of its own fabrication. For more than twenty years, the honest and skil- efforts of the Board of Underwriters to possess them- selves of unjust powers. This Board succeeded, through their wealth, in gaining the most aristo- cratic monopoly of the business of piletage, without color of law, and with no authority, other than that conferred by a combination of their $10,000,000 of capital; the ships, lives and property of the commuai- ty have been placed under the power of a class of “pilots” who are composed generally of the appren- tices of the New York pilots; and one or more of | these “‘pilote” of the insurers have been overhauled by our courts on various charges, as the records will attest. Never was there a more unjust usurpation, and never a more tyrannical exercise of the power of wealth. ‘The horrors of the Mexico aroused the public to the fact, that she was a very poor vessel, badly supplied with provisions and sails ; that she was covered with ice, so that she could not be work- ed, and that her unfortunate passengers died three deaths, viz: starvation, freezing anc drowning, in a gale just as cold and terrific as that in which the pilot boat Gratitude was lost, with four New York pilots; and the underwriters, by perverted testi- mony in relation to the Bristol, succeeded in raising such a noise against the pilots, that of alaw which has, in its action, given the monopo- ly of the pilotage of New York into the hands of the underwriters. In proof of this we refer to the state- ment we published yesterday, taken from the office of the underwriters’ pilote—by which it appears that fifteen of their :pilots have piloted to sea vessels for which they have, within a short time, received $3,- 63, or about $200 per man, whilst the New York many miles, within the last three winter months, as any boat in the world, has not received an average of fifty cents a day for each pilot. Every man business ; for no time is lost; the weather is chosen» and the pilotage is earned 1n a few hours. This bu- siness is given by the underwriters to their favored protegés, whilst the New York pilots are cruising hundreds of miles at ‘sea, risking life, property and character for these soulless corporations. In order to retain their chance of obtaining a scan- ty living, the pilots have called for fair play and ex. act justice. The insurers have redoubled their ef- | forts to retain their monopoly ; but we are happy to say that the effect of theirefforts, so far, has been to arouse public indignation against them, for their | conduct ; and their unholy alliance, obtained in va- rious ways, is about to be broken up by Congress ; eo that, soon, the people of the Empire State will legislate for themselv and every one of the thir- teen New York pilot boats will be doing an inde- pendent business—each one in honest opposition to the others; and all will be protected by salutary laws, and an honest free trade, in principle, may exist for | honest and capable men. Then the humbug of a | Board, established by {the underwriters and their assistants, will quickly end, and the mockery of af- fordipg just protection to life and property will cease, and the worthless and mushroom Board dissolve into their orginal state. The Journal of Commerce states that the “old New York pilots are all acknowledged without taking any certificate, or being subjected to any conditions.” If the assurance of the Board were not notorious, this statement might pass for a com pliment to the old pilots—but the stetement is a fulsehood ; for the New York underwriters have published a circular, ot which the following isa part, and it is, probably, carefully put aboard of most every vessel. The Commissioners pretend that they act gratuitously forthe Board of Insurers. We shall hereafter show the real facts, and some of the con- tracts and profits they derive from their employers. But now: “ The Commissioners wish to impress on all mer- chants and shipmasters the of their cordial co-operation, to enable the Board to fulfil the objects for which it has been — ; nuecaipetteans tare t strong "cigim in. suking for euch s co-operation; and they, therefore, beg leave to call your attention to the 6th Article of the Constitution, as adopted by the 4 ber of Commerce joard of underwriters, GF Ancreiraneas feet bebo foreld ender tht authority of the State of New Jersey.” Now, where is the truth? Is it in the Jowrnal or | the circular? We have referred to the constitution, and find the | Journal wrong. The Journal does not tell the pub. | lie that the New York underwriters actually tur- | mished the money to pay for one of the boats. We | allude to the ‘‘ Nettle,” of which one of the commis- sioners has declared himself to be the sole owner. | Witness the following certificate :— | «1a conversation with Mr. Perkins, Secretary to the | Board of Commisnoners of Insurers’ Pilots, on Friday, the 97th February, 1946, he stated that the pilot boat eee Sanyo ow Yo ta st ter sireeChahen owned $121 96, and'e Mr. Nelson $347 06 of her” Signed by Wx. Lron, Avovustvus Urson, and Epw. Horr. | Will not our Legislature compel these incor- | porated companies to adhere to their legitimate business, instead of permitting them to speculate in the piloting business ? But we commenced with a determination of nailing to the counter a few of the flagrant violations, not only of truth, but of decent | feeling, in the Journal of Commerce and Cou- rier and Enquirer ; for, as these papers are the officials of the underwriters, appropriating, daily, much of their “spacious space” to their bene- | fit, it is important that they should be exposed in all their doings that are not in strict accordance | with truth. Thus :— Falsehood No. 1, from the Cowrier :—“ The Min- | turn is owned in part by Mr. Rolston, one of the New York pilots.” Mr. Rolston has declared tha; the heading movement of the democratic party—I | followed so bad an cxample, and accordingly started he did not own a timber head in the ship J. Minturn. must say that whigs, generally, have conducted | jn the same direction, each forming coleries for the | But here let us do an act of justice to the agents of * | themselves, thus far, on the Oregon question, with | purpose of securing the succession; 62 that aflaire | the Minturn. . As 10. orders given to Capt. Stark by this contest will be an ex- | Itbe- | Congress was deceived, in 1887, into the passage | pilot boat Blossom, which has probably cruised as | knows that taking ships to sea is the cream of the | nod | ing that the Sound boat had anchored for an e1 al meee mane her owners, we have to say that we were and we publish the following, which is of i ample a correction of the mistake as the owners! the public cam desire :— To tHe Epiron :— upon tt agents or 0 ners of thin Joh Minturn, Stark te aus a'Now York pot inthe early part to iw Yo ear! urday, 14th Febru i “ refusal, that directions bad been given Capt, Stark, our ie abuse pin vs injasoor such nts are calculated to We therefore declare, in the that we have never directed the ouremploy te exercise acheice pilot, preferring to leave them to act freely and indep ently in all such matters. STANTON & FROST. New Yonx, March 4, 1846, Thisis no more than ‘simple justice to them. was one of the owners of the Orleans who ga such orders to his captains. This order, in writin has been shown to respectable men. But we constrained to repeat the fact that the John was chased by the pilot boat Blossom from nine M. until five P. M., and we refer to the affidavi of Mitchell, the seaman, who, on board of Muinturn, saw the Blossom at two P. M.; and that of Thomas Orr, of the Blossom, which annex :— STATEMENT OF STEPHEN MITCHELL, ONE OF THE CRE n regs | ieces, they being so old and .M. of the 15th, the main aan the foretopsail afew ful pilots of New York have been harrassed by the | | forelifts parted, and the fc hauled up to it, canted a cockbi ray, which rendered ly towards the land re @! sails on nonedut an old maintopsail.” tation with the officers, passengers, and m enced purt of the crew, about what was best to Rec heea mopar ass head before the an uled up, the yards squared, and in less than ten run her on the beach. The mainsail wes ti utesthe ship struck. The second time yr ship struck | aw | be | broke her back, when the pilot ordered | out a | side. The lon; with her we tried to run a line ashore, but the line | being long enough, wo were obliged to cut it, and six | us were saved in that boat. One of the Jerseymen | myself then offered our services to the wreck-master, t | try to pull off to the ship in the longbout, provided h could get enough to man her, which he could not It my , that hadthe wreck-master beens D | man, or one thet understood his business, nearly, if n all that were on board of the lees f would have bee) saved. | then told bim, that if he wou! id gettwo more m for a crew, I would go off in one of the surf | lay on the beach, but could get no wer from bh | Many of the inhabitants of the place that had | known his business, he could have regular su boat and crew down to the beach within four hours af the ship struck : it was not till low water that he sen for a boat, and then it was too late. | At? P.M. of 14th, I relieved the wheel, and then sar the pilot boat chasing STEPHEN MITCHELL, Sworn to on the 23th N. CLARK, STATEMENT OF THE y concern be it known, lay and date hereof, personal; fc me, Josiah N. Clark, a public nota: fhead tor the Cit | and County and State of New York, dwelling in } —came Thomas Orr, boat Kooper. ang Henry Vay and John McKee, hands on board the pilot bo Blossom, who peng by me duly sworn, do y—that on Saturday, the 14th February inst. they, | deponents, were at sea in ‘boat Blossom, | that between 9 and 10 A.M. it day made and chase aftera ship. Aitera chase of eight hours | wards the ship hove to, and between 6 and boarded her, which to be the ship Jobn Mint of New York, and put on board Thomas Freeborn knowledge and belief. pilot, to the best of (Signed,) Sworn to this 25th February, 1846, before me, | JOSIAH N. CLARK, Pablic Notary. Falsehood No. 2—“‘ When. the storm became viq lent, the pilot of the Minturn ordered the ship be put under double reefed sails.” ‘The sails q the Orleans were not blown away ; and fromall | can learn, if there liad been no New York pild on board the Minturn, she would not have bee! lost.” See the affidavit of Mitchell, stating that th pilot Freeborn wanted to close reef the sails, b was prevented. See the New York Shipwreck | ciety’s Report as tothis fact, and remember that | New York pilot did bring the ship Orleans satel | into port. Falsehood No. 3— Mr. Freeborn, the pilot of th | Minturn, was the same man who put the Malo | ashore.” Answer—Mr. F. was not the pilot of th | Malory—and, we defy contradiction, im stating th | during an active life, Mr. Freeborn never d | any other ship than the Minturn. ‘ Falsehood No. 4.—Mr. F. is the man “fron whom the captain of the steamer Princeton away the helm, and hoisted hie jack for. an pilot.” Answer—Mr. F. was, under Captain S ton, the pilot, for nine months, and he never displaced, but, on the contrary, was always a favo! ite with the captain, for his skill and fearlessness. These falsehoods were, we understand, ly offered to the Evening Post for publication, bu the slanders were discovered, and they were Cc Tied to another market. Poor David! In hishasq to crush the New York pilots, he is madly D to disturb the peaceful ashes of a brave and hon man! We have not room for more to-day, and we clo by commending this subject to Congress, for prom and decisive action, Sreamsuir Camsria.—We observe a dispositio in several papers to censure the course pursued b} Captain Judkins, of the steamship Cambria, ing without the mails. This is very unjust to Captain Judkins, for he could not detain his a single hour without incurring the censure of th Board of Admiralty. We have enquired into the matter, in consequence of the detention of some of our own papers, find that the commanders of the Cunard line q | steamships are bound by certain rules laid do for their guidance by the Admiralty. One of | is—that in no event shall the steamship be delay | after her appointed hour of sailing, unless the d patches of the British Minister do not arriv the British Minister alone has the power to d her. Weconsider this statement due to Judkins, for he himself expressed the gre anxiety for the mails to arrive, and went so far to consult the Postmaster at Boston as to his 0 whether the mails would arrive in two hours and half—oftering to wait that length of time for them on his own responsibility. The Postmaster, know] | | } night in the Sound, frankly informed Captain Jud kins that he did not think the mails by her wou reach Boston within the time mentioned. Und these circumstances, Captain Judkins reluc called. It is to be hoped that, hereafter, our merch and others sending letters by the steamer, will, it the winter season, forward the bulk of their co pondence two days before the steamer sails, thus secure the conveyance of a part of their letters] Norrnern Maic—Under our postscript head, it ‘Tuesday's paper,we stated that the Northern mail: not arrived. This was incorrect, and in justice Mr. Beach, the enterprising mail carrier, we that the Northern mail has been more regular winter than for many years. Indeed, it has } quently arrived in the face of severe storms. | News rrom Haytt.—We have received, by arrival at Philadelphia, advices from Port au. | to the 14th ult. There is no news of impo: | political affairs without change ; American prod { abundant ; articles of export high, Wo. &e,