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Fanos mma een: ncn = = mint ———— BAR a Vol, XII, No. 213 —Whele No. £455. NEW YORK, perry at “appear = = aeons = SSS - — a =~ — a Mr. Buchanan to Mr. McLane. and Mr. Pakenham and myself in . That govern, merely to answer some of the juiries contained in Clayton, Thomas Clayton, Davis, Greene, Hannegan, THE OREGON TREATY. (No. 22.] ment must, therefore, have an a. rewult of its | your No. 35, which had vot been anticipated. OUR MEXICAN RELATIONS. Huntin gton, ean: Miller, Morehead, paved Deraatuent of State, propositions to arbitrate, before they were presented. You understand Lord Aberdeen to have stated that if aren Phelps, Semple, Simmons, Upham, Woodbridge—Totah Wasuixoron, Janwai }, 1846. It appears that in your interview, the Earl of Aber | no sufficient e1 it te renew the tiationon | THE RECENT SECRET SESSION OF THE! THE CONCLUSION OF THE CORRESPONDENCE, | auly recctved sete ath oe oeat inclusive; have been | deen, on the 20th ultimo, his, to a St the | the basis ot Ca should be held oat by my an. | On the following day , Friday tho 7th inst, Mr. Lewis in i SPONDENCE. | duly received at this department. ' Having already com- | terms and marnerin which I hi ‘accept Mr. | awer to the last ion of the British government SENATE, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance received the | municated to you a copy of Mr. Pakenham’s note of the | Pakenham’s first propesition to 3 and “appre- | for esbieration 5 such Case one of the alternatives left following letter from Mr. Buchanan :— | 27th December last, proposing to arbitrate the Oregon | hended that, from the nature of the answer, and the cha- | him might be to offer Pe geo through yourself to tne Sdllewing is ts th | DerantMent or State. Mr. McLane to Mr. Buchanan. | question, | now enciose, herewith, a transcript of my re- | racter of the recent debate in the ‘Representa. | this government. Sho e P econt, his |) The Séllewing is the massage of the President and no. | Wasninaton, August 7, 1846. LExtracts.] ply to that note, dated eu the 3d instant. tives, it would be difficult to pre t | lordship may adopt this course, if he roper. "You | sompanring lela whieh tore, pent, te the Senate on | To the Honorable Dixon H. Lewis, [No 24] Lowvon, Dec. 1, 1845. | Onthe 17th instant, Mr. Pakenham called at the de- | the President had determined to | are authorised to Feceive and transmit to thie department | Tuesday, - ev chon solllny take them from aneve-| “Chairman of the Committee on Finance. Althoug it is well understood here that, in the present | partment, and delivered me a note, of which I transmit | proposition on the basis of compromise, and to concede | any proposition made by him; butin no event will the | DDE Paper o yesterday: ~ [oxate.] posture of the Oregon question, my connection with it | youa copy, renewing his propesition to arbitrate, but | nothing of the extreme demand.’ | President consent to transfer the negotiation to London. (conrinentiat.} am directed by the President to invite your at- must be inagreat degree informal, the Earl of Aber- | changing the terms, This note has not yet beenan- | The view of this subject presentéd by you to his lord- | The reasons a} this are, in his opinion, conclusive, | 70 the Senate of the United States :— te : ; to the propriety of making an appropriation pro- deen occasionally makes it a subject of conversation. | swered. “This delay ‘has beem occasioned, not by any | ship is the correct one. | My r Was not intended | and will readily occur to your own mind. 1 pbsresithermmunioate to the Sanete the copy of 8 | viding for a Pai nicy then so, Neca oy -rrarne! At his request I have recently had an interview with | doubt as to the propriety of rejecting the proposition, | either to encourage or to discourage a renewal of the ne-| _ We have but little information to be relied upon in re- | letter, under date of the 27th ultimo, from the Secretary | make in advance for the purpose of settling all our dift- him, when he put in my hand, to read, two despatches | but from a di belore preparing my answer, to ascer- | gotiation. The President has at all.times been prepared rd to the navigableness of the Columbia river and its | of State o: brad United States, to A) Minister of Foreign | culties with t lexican Republic. It is his sincere de- from Mr. Pakenham : one in explanation of his rejecti tain the imp: 2 whiok bed besn made op the British | to receive and to trest with the ui rospect any pro | branches north of the parallel of 49 degrees; but there is Relations of the a mores ic, again proposing to | sire to terminate as it was to avoid, the ing war with without reference to his government, of the President’s ministry and people by the President’s message and the | posal for a compromiso which might emanate from the | no reason todoubt that they are navigablo for boats and | ° et ne ae a cope lnee Bea at peace which | Mexice by a pence just and honorable to both . proposition ; the other containing a statement of his sub- | accompanying correspondence. I had anticipated a visit British government. Whilst he hes not deemed it pro- | batteaux of a fow tons burden. We understand that it is aa just all be ions in dispute between the two | The chief obstacle to be sequent attempts to induce you to allow the President's | from Mr. Pakenham soon after the arrival of the Hiber- | perto iavite such a proposal, he has ever manifested an | by this mode that the Hudson Bay Company convey furs | Tepublice, Consid surmounted in accomplishi the relative powar of the two | this object will probably be the adjustment of a boundary ition to stand as the basis of further negotiation, | nia; but he has not since called at the department, anxious desire to preserve amicable fone with Gr-at | and other articles from several of their remote stations | Countries, the glorious events which have already sig- | between the two Republics which shall be satisfactory br te have some rept pee the answer which © new ohn Pakenham’s leap proposislentearherele: is Mable to Britain. To secomplsh this pur; ‘would sacrifice | ts shale pare depot at Fort Vancouver, and receive Teiurchealshaabceretaned Seep onl et ta coe veniant to bet apt mobs neither pyran ropositiva from the British government would receive. | the s bjection w! was minent! resented in | every consideration except yhte and the eir su} from thence. e inclined to disturb. In the justment of this boun- Prepon eee < or bar re tik ae areal — —_ ech Bonen eat rig! oo upon this subject, I refer you to Senate | exist which ought to prevent me from making this over- | dary, we ought to pay a fair epelv tient for any conces- my answer to the first. Itis true that he now proposes | national honor. Lord Aberdeen hag drawn an inference ‘or. 4) In hia first letter, Mr, Pakenham among other things | torefer to arbitration " the question of title in either of | {rom my language of which itis no jin ay opinion, fair- | doqument No. 39 of the 2d session of the 2ist Congress, | tuto. Equally anxious to terminate by a peace honor. | sions which may be made by Mexico. thought his treatment of the President's proposition jus | the twe powers to the whole territory ;” but yet, an-| ly susceptible. Of this he will be fally sensible upen | and es ly tothe report of Joshua Pilcher (a highly | ® both parties, as I was originally to avoid, the| Under these circumstances, the President deems it im- tifieble on the ground of his instructions, which, in “hie | nexed to this offer, there is a condition “that if neither | perusing the concluding parograph of my answer tothe le man) to the Secretary of War, (volume i, | ¢xistin (iat [have deemed it By duty again to extend | portant that a portion of this sum should be placed under opinion, forbade the expectation that such a proposition | should be found, in the opinion of the arbitrator, to pos- | second proposal of Mr. Pakenham for arbitration. It is january 25, 189L) You will doubtless find this yolume | the olive branch to Mexico. Should the government of | his control, to be advanced if need be, to the Government could, under any circumstances, receive the approbation | sessa complete title to the whole territory,” then he | there declared that “the President cordially concurs | in the Iibrary of your legation ; but lest it might not be | that republic accept the offer in the satne friendly spirit | of that Republic, immediately upon the ratification of the of his government. He also * * * shall divide’ it between them “ according to a just appre: | with the government of Great Britain in desiring that the L shall transcribe s few sentences from that report. | bY which it was dictated, negotiations wi 'y com: | Treaty. It might be inconvenient for the Mexican Gov~ . * * . * . . + * | ciation of the respective cloims of each” ifthe gov-| present controversy may be amicably adjusted. of aye, (page 10,) “I set out from Fort Colville the | ence for Ve) Coat pee atreaty. . ernment to wait for the payment of the whole sum until * if '* he - bd * expressed | ernmentof the United States should consent toan arbi- | this he has given the strongest proof before the wholo | 2 September, 1829, in company with six men of the gry ~ enrs is me autiohpated in the negotiation | the Treaty couid be ratified by our Senate, and an appro- his Belief that a reference of the proposition to bis gov- | tration upon such terms, this would be construed into an | world. le believes that as there are no two nations on | post, carrying the annual express or packet across the i 9 elites ok rag Yountasy. between the parties, | p ‘0 carry it into effect made by Congress Indeed ernment, merely, as he supposed, to be rejected, would | intimation, if not a direct invitation, to the rator to | the earth more closely bound together by the ties of | continent. Our route wes up the main river Columbit Red a po age shall at Sire satisfactory and conve- | the necessity for this delay might befeat the od alto- not have avoided the embarrassment in which the sub- | divide tho territory between the parties. it possi- | commerce, so there are none who ought to be more able | our conveyance a batteau of four or five tons. In th: ent to both, and such as neither will hereafter be in-| gether. This disbursement of money, should it be made, ject has been by that step involved. ble forthis government, under any circumstances, to re- | or willing to do each otber justice, without the interpo- | batteau we ascended the river about three hundred miles, | Clined to disturb. This is the best mode of securing peace | would of course be accounted for at the Treasury, not as In answer to these views I had only to point out the | fer the question to arbitration, the title, and the title | sition of any arbitrator.” where the river divides into three forks; the main one | 804 good neighborhood between the two republics. | secret service money, but like other expenditures clear insufliciency of Mr. Pakenham's explanations ; and | alone, detached from every other consideration, ought to ’ . . . . . . ‘still navigable to its head, which issues from a lake | Should the Mexican Government in order to soconmplish _Two precedents for such a proceeding exist in our past to defend and justify the withdrawal of tho President? { be the only question submitted. If not confined to this | [ mission relates exclusively to a portion sf a| in the Rocky mountains. At the three forks, which is | these objects, be willing to cede any portion of their | history, during the administration of Mr. Jefferson, to proposition upon the obvious grounds on which, in you, | tingle point, we should have another compromising | previons despatch of Mr. McLane relative to a conversa. | called the Boat Encampment, bec 1use it is the place whe! territory be the United States, we ought to pay thema| which { would call your attention. On the 26th February, communications, you have placed it; to peint out, with | award like that of the King of the Netherlands. tion between him and Lord Aberdeen on the subject of | the boats are left, and the portage acress the mountains | fair bas mi lent ; a just and honorable peace, and net con- | 1803, an act was passed appropriating two millions of entire explicitness the attitude the President had deter | But arbitration in any form is out of the question. the warlike preparations by Great Britain. Mr.McLane, | Commenced, we ‘began our overland journey. We arri- baa 3 ag yer errant rosecution of the war. | dollars ‘for the purpose of defray ing any extraordinary ex- mined to maintain, and the course it was his intention to | The title of the United States to the vast territory on | in a subsequent d h, states that the Secretary of | ved at the Boat Encampment on the 4th October, and ro- bed the hard reign 1 considering the other | penses which may be incurred in the intercourse betw: pursue, in conformity with the statement in your des | the northwest coast of America, with all its commercial tood his meaning, and therefore’ the | mained there until the 24 November waiting for the arri- | complicated questions to be settled by negotiation with | the United States and Foreign Nations,” “to be appl | | patch No. 13, dated the Sth of November lost. advantages, can never be placed in jeopardy by refer- | h, written under this alle; mistake, val ofa party from Hudson’s Bay,” &c., kc. “On the 4th | the Mexican republic, it is necessary that a sum of | under the di of the President of the United States, Paitne principal object of Lord Aberdeen in coeking the | fing itts the decision of any individiala, whethsr tore, | Goumutiented: is justice beth to. feed aberdsen Gat | we ast out. We were sill six in company, five besides | mouey should be placed under the control of the execu: | who shall cause an account of the expenditure thereof tntecview appeared to mo to be, to point out the embar- Toipos citizens, or subjects, ‘TogSreat Britain it would | Mr McLane.) wor alk Se Boreubect yon ie ae = of Ay Sopablice ameodistely-ofted ees Yad tet od iat ‘4 be laid before ongres, as soon es may be,” and on the it ie! thought the i y it tant jession, I: part; ived, ey eau in whic! rn u n . 3 of February, y ropris ‘a was made of eo al of his proposition hy met mvgcrasent fen r sr Sepp ty amir op ae pa You strongly express the opinion, notwithdendiag the ascended the river. The weather was still mild, | be inconvenient for the Mexican government to wait for | same amount rn) in the an terms. In neither cases no 8] from the nature of thing: she cannot very difficulties," that it would be in my [your] pow- . '. . "a A 4 a in i he payment of which may be stipulated a th tually drawn fr the Treasu: ant quite evident, indeed, he expressly said, that he was not but to the United States it is invaluable. | er, without any improver commitment of the President, of ice, and the river reported by all the | the whole sum, the pa " ‘wee ths money aottally draws Sent the Sreneey) t the President's siti - t fore, f it iati * | the company to remain open the winter through,” &c. | by this treaty, until it can be ratified by our Senate, or | | should hope that the result in this respect might be Prepared to accept the President's proposition, but de Te tater tre sore uit of the question, it is | to lead toa ronewal of the negotiation by thie (the Bri- | "it VReReciod volume of Cox's Columbia Miver,’ chep- | 88 application to carry it into elect made by Congress. | similar on the present occasion, although the appropria- sired only to make it the basis of further negotiation and | probable that, under the peculiar circumstances of tish) government, and to the submission, unless anoth : ; ; , ; - endital peonosiiana fro his reseatte which he | case, and from an anxious desire to preserve peace, etateli be more dosirable, through its ‘minister at | ‘@F viii, page 162, you will find that there are a number Iapens , the Ne sity or thie delay might defeat { he ob- | tion may prove to be indispensable in accomplishing the would have done, notwithstanding the rejection of it by | Senate, if the question were submitted to them, might | Washington, of a proposition adopting that directed by | f Portages around its rapids. Ject altogether. I would, therefore, suggest whether it | object. { would, therefore, respectfully suggest to you, at Mr. Pakenham, i/it hed-not bean withdrawn by the di--| advise the President not'ta insist: ‘upon the fall extent of | the Precttenton the 42th Jul: with some modifica- Tam, &e., might not be well for Congress to appropriate a sum such | the instance of the President, the passage of a law appro- rectionof the President. He complained of the with. | our rights; but we could never place it in the power of | tons not inconsistent, gam deer yn age T [you] en- Pe ae li Visas, GAMER RUQHANAN, | 8s they mpight consiies Souate fr ths purpose (ote riating two millions of dollars to be placed at his disposal drawal of the proposition as unusual, af nyt unprecedent- | sny arbitrator to deprive us of a foot of the soil on the | tertain of it, with our national honor. Of this I [you] |, _P.8.—A copy 7 ot good from w boty the cs a Aledine, "The disbinrencumhl lal thle cane ee eae wens hare indicaiad: ed in diplomacy; and seemed to consider it impossible in | continent south of the 49th parallel of latitude, and of | should feel quite certain, if I [you] could officially know | sbove heres ‘sre made having been procured, it is ee ee coe eee (por mor pm I have the honor to be, Sir, the present posture of the affair, to submit any proposi- | the valuable harbors of Puget’s sound. Such is the | that the proposition would probably be acceptable at | herewith transmitted. pA Cert Ro Suoratae crer Poh oe neeret exnics With great respect, tion for a partition of the territory in dispute, unless he | fixed determination of the President. Washington.” Mr. Buchanan to Mr. McLane. TUBGa dcoetentatinenth ateceacal Your obedient servant, gould have some assurance of tho treatment’ which any | | Again : ovon if this wero not the care, and a treaty | ‘The concluding paragraph of my despatch to you of | (140, 27. ee te ge Spier pee eae . JAMES BUCHANAN. Proposition he might submit for that purpose would rq- rig oe Hegre coat Senate for arbitration, it | the 29th ultimo, (No. 22.) which you will have received sn ‘Washington, April 28 1846 } which i would call your's ttentio: eo eee on this Mr. Lewis offared the following ceive. could not by any possibility, obtain the necessary ma- | shortly after making this suggestion, is perhaps sufficient | _sir_Your despatches to No. 38, inclusive, have been | 1803, an act was passed appropriating two millious of dol. | *routtion | phat the Committee on Finance be instruct. Under these eirqumsianons, he ace ony eee) the Jority Raita hod ru Repro on ere to indicate the course which the Presideat would pursue duly received. otiation a Vin; een terminated by the President; pon the whole, the pursuit of ar! ‘ion 1 is | i u . . r r nog ‘iation as ‘ing ated by the Pre: p P tras e Bri- | incase such an offer should be made through the British . * *| ses which may be incurre: ie intercourse between | of dollars to be placed at the disposal of the Presi : . . the door tofurther attempts at compromise being | tish government can produce no stpeeolece oan My ia teres Of Nvahington.. Ms ee i be ag & careful review of my despatch to you (No 23) | the United“States and foreign nations,” “to b to euadle him to conclude a treaty of peace, nits, aud desire to preserve the pencelul relations of the two | the delvy. render an amicable adjustment of it imposst- | no causo to change bis opinion either i segerd 10 our of the 26th Febraary last, the President finds nothing to | under the direction of ths President of the Uni boundary with the republic of Mexico, agreeably to a countries [other] then o propose arbitration, and abide | blo. ‘Lhe fact is not to bo disguised, that the feeling of | title to Oregon, or to the tanner in which it ought to be conduct: Tid tbe despatch 1. Seve diewectly. qeotaras | {Zo shall cause an account of the expenditures, thereot | resolution of the Senate wiopted In Executive session on the consequences. Indeet, | unierstood him to say, | the country is be ping daily more unanimous and in- | asserted. But the federal constitution has made the Se- that ‘the President has. at all times, been prepared to te iath Sanomat rr hry possi i ena bad a bye the 6th instant currence with the rico Very distinetly, that this course would bo pursued. “Ii | tense in favor of asserting our right tothe whole terri. | nate, to a certain extent, a coordinate branch of the tres: | teeeive and to treat with the utmost respect any prope: | fhe wee Coon eee ie Appropriation way made of | dations of the Pie-ident in is communication may be considered certain, therwiore, tLat if he have not | tory. und the debates in Congress, and their delay to act | ty-making power. Without their advice and consent, no | sa] for @ compromise of the Oregon questi. which > enable the Freaident te sO the lara tte Setinte 18 Rixedtitive mesttGn, seUaNed on been already, Mr Takensam will by’ the prevent steam | in accordance with the recommendations of the Presi. | treaty cat econcluded. This power could not be em | sight ‘omanate from the British Government. Whilst he and in the second that ofthe Flo | "As hameres, the message to Congress eaklog thé sp er, be instructed to propose an arbitration ; and that, ao- oul @ popular excite! trusted to wiser or better hands. sides. in their legis- 2 5 t ¢ v ssage t ss asking . cording to the answer that proposition may receiva, the | Resolutions of state conventions and State legislatures | lative character they constitute @ portion of the war-ma. | tas Ut deemed it proper to invite such it jbroporal: he | rilax In esther cute was the money actually drawn | propriation of $2,000 000 was sent on the followiuy day ae eats upon the partof this government will | pee Nadiibuteelece te nn favor of adher- s , asin VCD) eee they Cai a cable relations with Great Britain.” These sentiments might rtd simtiar pate respect on thespreenst pedeaten, cs pear = defined. ing to the ii ie Bri overnment in- | of the treaty-making power. ‘They are the repre: ¥ A i : : , I think it not improbabie that, if the offer be declined | tend to spake a proposition to this government, they | tives of the owersig Bitten of this Union, and a of te Ree to Lord Aber: | though the appropriation is deemed expedient ass pro:| Bysor Fenwick.—At hall upon the ground upon which it is understood it was refu | have not an hour to lose, ifthey desire a peaceful termi- | garded as the best index of the opinion of their constitu- | “In the Present state of the negotiation it is clear that, Scans ik oanole subject to Congress in Executive | renoon the RK sed by Mr. Calhoun, to wit: that a more satisfactory ad | nation of the controversy. 3 | ents. A rejection of the British ultimatum might proba | «in the adoption of all proper measures for aspoedy and | Session. If they theuld concur in opion with me, then | tWenty-one yeas justment ‘ht be obtaiued through the medium of ne- | Notwithstanding all you may have seen in the public | bly lead to war; and as a branch of the legislative pow- | amicable adjustment of the differences and disputes in | | recommend the passage of a law appropriatiog such a | residence, corver of F government would then s«bmit a nei- | papers, tho entices nates am greatly mistaken, will | er, it would be incumbent upon them to authorise the regard to said territory,” the first proposal-ought to pro- | sum as Congres may ip he dentate La oused by the lingering illness of ni n, aud so resume the negotiation ; but that, if | pass oneronk in some form or other, by large majorities | necessary preparations to render this war successful — | ceed from the British Government. It is deemed unne- | executive, if necessary, for the purpose which I have in- | ¢hlarKement of the , fased on such terms a4 to warrant them in as- | of both Houses, as well as the other measures recom | Under these considerations, the President, in deference | Cossary to cnforce so plain a proposition by arguments, | diced * During this. long :period of suffering ha displayed dal- that our government has determined to insist | mended by the President. to the Senate. and to the true theory of the constitution: | as these will readily occur to your own mind should this | In the two cases to which I have referred, tho special Foci! in poco inte me} dees basa sem ae upon the extreme claim, and to decline both negotiation |. ‘The Prosident will never abandon the position he has | al responsibilities of the different branches of the gov. far ona , , and arbitration, this government will treat the otfer to | taken in his message. Clearly convinced of the right of | ernment, will forego his own opinions, og tis.as.ta.sup | accme # Tuestion ; ania gaan = anpumaroamt Prtbe law, tei ithaves fo tree the: mp oe ae Soot gmt gre pa ie vied ad hie, the Soro ‘ } ted attachment and veneration of all who came within arbitrate as its ultimatum, and abide the result, Of | the United States to the whole territory in dis] and | mit to that body any proposition which by Pew i course, these opinions are founded upon the observa | relieved, by the refusal of ‘the British goversm Punnene aoe ba his Jodgracak waliy kz 1am, sr, respectfully, your obedient servant, | for tho same reeson, in my opinion, ought t now tobe | {ho infuence of his oficial minatrasions, or hal occasion lars “for the purpose of defcaying extraordinary expen- | ed forthwith to report a bill, appropriating two millions thus closed, this government had no alternative, in its | volve the question im new ditlicul months. His diseaake was a rt and liver, inducing drop: tions of the Earl of Aberd in th tions to | accept this offer of compromise, from the embi br ceaniansehieus tm rein oper hiner armrned = hold nl ith him. ‘About 3 o'clock jons e Earl of erdeen, in the conversstions accept iL ise, from the embarrassment | consi wit vi nor country. to hold personal intercourse with him. out 3 o'cloc! which I have already wlluded, in which the acts of his predecessors had placed him,he | Nor is the fact to be dlaguised, that from. the Lous McLane, Esq., &c., ke. Ro hrdsalfo communicate to the Senate, the copy of a latter Yesterday mornlag he was epprised that his tour was Although I am quite sure that the Earl of Aberdeen | would not now authorise the conclusion of a treaty ‘on | and proceedings in the Senate, it is probable that a pro. rom the Seoratary of State to Commodore Connor, of the | near at hend, and at once his mind was prepared for that ‘ . . : . 5 * b ‘ : has no idea at preseut of accepting the compromise con- | that basis. But the Senate, his constitutional advisers, | position to adjust the Oregon question on t L of 27th ultimo, w! was transmitted to him on the day it | jast grand o: is calmness not leaving him fora tained in the President's proposition, it would not sur- | are now in session. The question of peace or war mry by degrees ponld reneive t inate nyscablecondaaretine. (No. 33,] cig Devtataade x Stare, mea ee August 4, 1846. JAMES K FOLK. "| moment upto stant when he breathed his last, im Meepeg ergroek Raps cca he P| eee Sales atten woly/ nag panes hs ed can eee ae teen, pea oe ine See Washington, June Yo riage i ig ge RT accepia a nt oun ’ ving power. In de- | sj yaulilingegmaneted vanes teameaiiiane, Jet a 5 1846, will be performed in the Catholic Cathedral, Franklin try, indeed complained of principally by the IMudson | ference to the Senate, under. thes whrcumstances, he.| which you believe, the British. govtrmmens ‘wockt bo Ck Soieaba Dalivcad hor wes ty Mie Pacha ths Pal, Parhoonn se) Compote Conate,. rest, tomorrow. morning, at # o'clock, end in the Bay Company, and those jn its interest, “That the minis- | would, in the first instunce, feel it to be his duty to | willing to make for the adjustment of tho controversy; | morsing, for the adjustment of the Oregon question, ter ataatiedb vest, Sate: 5? 1066. fr couree of the day his remains will be conveyed to Wor- try would fiad it difficult and hazardous to preter war to | submit huch « proposition for their previous advice. |It | and you express ‘a strong conviction that the mode first | gether ‘with a copy of the protocol of the proceeding. | Sin—I have the honor to transit herewith « sealed | Cute) for intermont within the grounds of the college such a settlement may well be imagined ; although you var iicrtchnibthge oa that the British government | indicated Js entirely practicable? ‘The first would offer | fais ‘Deing the regular day for the meeting of the cabl: | note, addressed to the Minister of Foreign Relations of | 21 t8¢ Holy Cross, established by him, on Mount st. may assume it to be certain that when war becomes in- — at reat cys their ultimatum. If Mr. Paken- | an adjustment of question on the basis of the Prosi- | net, the subject was brought before them by the Presi- | the Mexican Republic, with an open copy of the same | James. He was a profound theologian, a learned civi- arianie, i wll-necelve:she-sndivided. support af «ae:) Bem-eetalt cfaeloes sn se nope set siaving: this ree | dents pe postion of the ith of July last; “but conce- | dent, ‘The result was a determination on his part to sub- | for your awn tse. From this you will perceive that the | Ham Powerful preucher « thoroughly read, Ristorion, ae. ; f ‘ { \ -ompany & continuance of the | mit the projet to the Senate for their previous advice. | President has determined to offer the olive bi E I believe the government and ‘peopl@ here are quite | induce me to say what the President would consent to | privileges of joint occupation, i . | President has determ: again to offer the olive branch | to the interests of his church, and what he deemed for peppered. for the seassertion in the message of the Ptesi | accept, he must be di ees pation, including the navigation | This will be done as soon as the proper message can be | to ‘ the welfare of his people. His talents for administration nt"s Oj a ippointed. The President will | of the Columbia, for a period of ears - i inions expressed in his inaugural address ; and, | accept nothing less than the whole territory, unless the | ger.” ‘The proposition made by the Provident? te which | PrePsred, and the necessary papers copied. oes nat, believe that any point of ne- | were of the highest order; and the progrers of his church in this section of the country may ven as Tho President he | Senato sheuld otherwise determine. . The only question | you refer, was, “‘that the Oregon Territory shall be di- JAMES BUGHAWAN, . | igual honor should forbid him from making this tend , for arocommendation by him to termi t @ccupation in the manner provided by the existing | which he willdecideis, whether the now proposition, | vided between the two countries by the 4! especially after the gloriousevents which have thus far | evidence of it. When he received his tment to treaty. Aud also think that Unless the recommenda: | should any such be made, be of a character to seat its | north latitude from ‘the Mocky mountains to tue Pacise | °C! McLann, Eeq., ke. ke. marked the eat se was, Aeonkd the, Mexican the New England Mioraee, tears aca ba aR Gat tions in the message should be such as to discourage submission to the Senate for their previous advice. ocean; offering at the same time to make free to Great Mr. Buchanan to Mr. MeLane. government determine ta accept tne oer and enter Upon | churches and two priests within ity limits. Now, there ‘hon ote whole gh they woull tat leo any im: | strode, is lefto your tu" doraion whutur | this prac which tae ‘Dich "foreromest way oe | (NO-41 Daganrane or’ Brave, | | Cogonalade an armigice drag thairpeidency. If wich | Claire tee fs Connecticut sod Rhode ead, whi, a - a rr wi , Les ive ol 01 My . mediate measures upon the part of this porecumest, or | any such communication or intimation shall be made to | sire.” joe a 1, June 13, 1846 ition should be made, you will promptly but ‘Geter bua administration, have been erected into an inde- Was! @ pro] The President would feel no hesitation in presenting to | io1tt inctont a eeohdouel mroeseees or ee arn the ‘a reject it, giving at the same time every assurance | pendent bishopric, and are no materially add to the embarrassment in which the rela- | Lord Aberdeen. an, keo., er under the jurisdic- y fr ~ 10th instant, a confidential message, of which | transmit to the ; ~ q oe sao aa the two countries appear to be at present Louis MeLann, Eeq, &e. Pg ome BUCHANAN. ta Senate, ~ their previous “advice and consent,” yous copy, asking their previous alvioe in rej to the | negot to a satisfactory terminal with th oi oo iene P at From oie op, Heaye ink Wes a = oa te : a Piitis necessary, however, thet thare. sheet bee clear | P*@iect of aconvention for the adjustment of the Oregon posible delay. and 65 years of age. After. determining to devote him- pang st heed ha Bal, Com (No, a4 fh: Melane te Me. Buchanan —Estract understanding of what is meant by “a continuance of te | {tang ™? “*uYered '@ me by Mx. Pakenham on the 6th | | if an armistice wore toncluded:the two parties would | seit to the church, he joined the onder of Jesuits, and in (No. 20. Derantment oF STATE, “a grr pti + , | Privileges of joint eccupation.” If this be understood as | “On yesterday the Senate adopted the fol te the course of @ few years became President of George: { Washington, December 13,1845. | x5! : i atill entertain Ghee uTing.to the Hudson's ep irene during that lim- | jytion ace reer Spans tae assets Wa taeseatal pre, Lng ramerhaehin iat College, a station which he filled with greet ate ; hstanding these difficulties, I still Pg - s » ; bedience Sta—You will receive by tho Cambria a copy of the | gyinion that it would be inmy power, without ten ioe thei exieting establishments, ‘opether with thor at hase Resolved—(two-thirds of the Senators present con- | honorable peace. Should their operations be arrested | to imperative lis from Pope igo tie Th he eccepted President's message, and the documents accompanying it itment of the Preeident, to 1 —. curing,) That the President of the United States be, and | by an armistice, and the negotiations for peace should joston. ly he hed in relation to Texas and Oregon. These are all which bi the negotiation by idle gasereenoG, Gal tater ne eine peal Hel'of 20 tatrces, | he,it hereby advised to accept the proposal of the Bri- | finally fail, we ‘would then lave nearly all the advantages | teigted'In the deitea of his ofice by bishop Fitzpatrick, evo will observe that whilst the President has recom. | mission, Unless another mode would be more. desirable, | this would net prevent the President from submitting tish government accompanying his message to the Senate | of an éatire campaign. this muridce, groata i | his coudjutor, appointed fr that purpose in te irs in , : rough its minister at Washington, of tion | such a pro to the Senate. Of ; en the "The R ‘ Fale the convention, he haa eatataliy acetind to cere: | adopting that direotedby the President on the ‘ath of | privileges would be extended te American citizens north | feat of the Becky or Stony mousaian? | cur auene’ toe ereeineportin af whom ontiat ot The Right Rev. John Fitzpatrick, bishop Jen. Hien any legislatins moustre whieh cowl ia toe srean; | JUIY. leet, with some modifications not inconsistent, ac. | of 49 degrees, there be any such north of that parallel, | Veit, %otno feng on stone gaunt stic citizens who bave volunteered. to serve their coum | Yick’s successor, an bishop of Boston, ig nave ot ue time, conflict with its provisions; and it is not apprehend. cording to the sense | entertain of it, with our national | which is doubtful. But no concession could be made to have learned from the best sources that the Senate | trv, inthe confidence that they would be activaly em- city, and only 33 years of age. He upon the du- aE ee honor.Of this I should feel quite certain,if !could officially | this company which would, in the meantime, deprive i frome feblens ob uxnte, Chet the Senate’ try; y wou! om- | ties ‘of his office, yesterday. The diosese, under bis P . know that the proposition would probably be acceptable | the United States of the power to establish @ tertirorial a SOAS cae Geeicee tan plo; Whilst, therefore, the President sincerely de- | jurisdiction, embraces tho States of Massachusetts, war & convention to settle bounda- might be, would scarcely enter the evils. in every form, | stance, his successor, upon his ha death. this advice ved. ant ans doce ene ee ean Teno the | at Washington; and I should attempt it informally, and | gcvernment over the whole country south of 49 degrees | Coratmaction.ot tne second article of the project, the right Paar ae ae Tate cca Mitcrsl terete | Meine, New Hampshire and Vermont. It iss coinci- SouMEY pnd He jgostrines generally will, I think, meet | ypon my individual responsibility with scarcely leed con- | und to make grants of land south of this pot ents Combeor rr naan Darina tions with Mexico apon fair and liberal terms, the | dence worthy of notice, in connection with the death of ? Fr parallel. The ation of jena. | Silence of success, if, while acting inthat way, I could | President cannot, however, anticipate ‘an ble must continue to be prosecuted with the utmost | Pishop Fenwick, that yesterday wes the twelfth anni i et crone re tmmnrg were ry Lok oes wp aia encourage a like result. : change of circums which cine i cook udes te trade La 4 ey Bg A /igiel woken ade $ vigor, until afenalive tomes Peace shall be signed | yersary of the burning of the Ursuline Convent on other nations is peaco, along ar this can be maintain | with whors am brought ite huercontar wine eke | Herve Gta Be ah aay eu contain a rurren:| with Mr Pakenham to-dny, L communicated tie fact to | You will net fall with all the eee lheecasoaeemespabiemenatst=tntt ca dt tel ry . ] rif ti " Shemini ih ata igh and nor, the |e ta te singe tea sere | eClub" Ucn eats cae | gto hm we ntsc oor | tae te nner of Memon | ic tnaligane Fone va. 13—Assault with Intent to Kill—A serious affair tion is now approaching a crisis, It is hardly : ; . bt r . . y | not founded upon any direct communication from those | Lawrence to the United States would be no equivalent il i Frain upon its present bases Wad eis clea thet if taees | M2 official station; but are rather the result of a series of | for such a concession. Indeed, this kas become compe- | Monday meat; uid ic a none then preteble rat an aan, | Very Fespectfully, your obedient servant... | almost ocourred at the City Hotel this, morning, (Thurs should any new movement towards ite ‘adjustment, — yes — es however, in my judgment | ratively valueless, in consequence of the construction of | in some form or other, place upon their record their un | To Commodore Davin Conn: . ‘Comman ‘the Naval | 42Y,) between the hours of 7 andSo'clock. it peers thie’ must originate’ with Great Britain. . Should tiat | *tleaftto ot lees weight. the railroads and canals leading to the harbors of New | derstanding of its true construction in icular. Force of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico. ee ee ane ee is ia overnment take any further step with a view to settle After these observati lowe it resco = merge to | York and Boston, which have rendered these the great Tam, ke., JAMES BUCHANAN. pena the name of Caroline E. Wilson, whore residence is in e controversy, the President would judge of the char | ™Z%elf to.state that, believing, from the history of our | channels of impert and export for the region within the | Louis McLam: , Seo. Ke. ke. 5 Derantuent oy State, Spruce street near Seventh street, Philadelphia, is at acter of the proposition when Tats; Seat, inthis chan. | previous negotiations as tothe Oregon question, that it | United States watered by the St. Law rence and ite tribu- ! ; Present staying at the City Hotel, ac¢ ~d may now’be settled upon the basis. of compromise, and | taries. ae Bae A eran id ny: eae ‘Wasninaton, July 27, 1646. cousins Mr. William Wilson, Jr. Ni C: Wilson, . Buchanan . MeLan To His Excellency i 5 hae rocee d to submit it tothe Senate for their previou with reference to interests which have grown up during The President is desirous so to adjust the Oregon ques- (No. 36 Der. ' . t and Miss Jane B. Wilson; and as she wasp ding Vice Bethe taking any wher action apni As th der | Joy corugatin oe tera What «oli | don ero t ear ope any arene from ce might |") rumen te ides cy Be, oe SS erect Se Sean ocadacs oy mination on any such ition might involve the issue | Of MDY duty sousrphtwodiaaer bertaaglay taking onal a! and new —" in to} Sim—The Senate having given its constitutional advice Sin-—The President of the Unit States, no less anx- rage ir — edi t adenden Wilsop, who en- Veforea finel decision, I deem it necessary to give you | rho 8 final adjustment of the queation according to that | this would become a perpetual cause of strife and colli: | justment of the Oregon question, the President has rati- | sake an effort to, accomplis rpeae.. Hoihes, oc, | oat bt arin 60 reostved: opus from Williams to keep this information, not that you may make any such sug- | ProPosition, but conceding to the Hudson's Bay Company | sion between the citizens and subjects of the two coun- it on the part of the government of tha United States, | cordingly, instructed en undersigned, Secretary of | ‘um, of and 0. sooner did ne receive this push than serene ntinuance of the privileges of joint occupation, in- | tries. It would be almost impossible, by an ; a x’ hy torte Alexander drew from his pocket a six barrel pistol and Feetate We inely rane oeerument, but to enable yt 0 | cluding the navigation of the Columbia, fora period of | which ooald bo wearin, to exvomnetneisssorsoatren en be enchanged aginst nt of her Srtannic Majesty You ‘ate, to propose through your Exceliency to the Mexi- | discharged one of the barrels at his antagonist, without . ‘ t ‘ rnment, that negotiations shall forthwith com- thé poritiog if which you ure, nov Glaced’. Wher | #e¥en ox ten years longer;and I hope I may be allowed | venue laws and prevent smuggling on either side of the | any sonane® potighe tdi pe od nee ape effect, and before he aguld be secured he suapped another the result might be in the decate, t camel anticipate. ing! AL e receipt of this dewpaich, in mane for the conclusion of a peace just and honorable to add, that I would be willing to assume the responsi. | river. Besides, there are several porta around the | form lajesty’ State ‘both parties. which only discharged thé cap. Mo wae then secured ‘The President has received information from a variety | Dility of assenting to an adjustment by areesiog the | falls and rapids of the river and its ranches, the use of ign affairs inet tha teeeth has hase on on cans fe penibdin Wythe ticaicen ot boot barby RY and the pistol taken from hhim; ‘but, instead of bring of sources which he cannot disregard, that Great Britain | DOUndary to the Pacific by the 49th parallel and the | which would be necessary to the enjoyment of its free | and that you are, as you will perceive by the special | knd friendly spirit by which it has beeo divteten s him at once before the police authorities, he was allow e is now making extensive warlike preparations. As her | fails of Fuca. with free ports to both nations; or by ex- | navigation. This would introduce the subjects of Great | power which fs’ herewith encloved, suthorized to ex- | immediately Munich it has Deon dictated, he will | to depart. However, in the course of the forenoon, the relations with all the powers of Europe seem at present | te%ding the free navigation of the Columbia river for a | Britain, with their merchandise, into the heart of tho | change the ratidcations with euch person animay be duly | “ister Plocivomationy wo. the ity a era ea NE | sister und William ‘Wileon the cousin entered a com- tebecfes eful character, the prevailing and natural ta el period, provided similar advanta; upon the St. | country, and thus greatly increase the mischief bevond empowered for that purpose on the part of the British mractions and full powers to conclude a trae “ee ly plaint before Jattion Doliher spoeiny: the essault, and inference here ia, that t preparations look a rup: MT bellore fiibscon oes ‘ ae aa United States. | what it would be if they were confined to the channel of govermment. As no difficulty or delay in this ex: @ | which shall adjust all the questions in dispute iF awed @ warrant was issued for the the accused. li t these “ ion, it should be such ad to justify this, he would f ti justify tare with the United Stntes on the O: % x ‘ » Toestimate the evils which would attend | is anticipated, General Armat carries seems, from the aftidavit of Miss Caroline, that her ieof vast importance that this government should, ax | eithef, an adjustment may be concluded; ‘an ncession, we have but to i what would | treaty, hes been instructed to walt for, and take charge | preter to send a minieterto, Weshingtom to conduct ine | Prowler has acted in a very violent manner towards her early as possible, ascertain their true character. You ong. spevictiem ie mode first indicated is e1 have been the consequence had the B: government | of, the English ratification, if, in your opinion, there is} negotiations here, he shall we repeieed with kindness before; ha having aiincted her from Faueoehpale come are, therefore, instructed to embrace the first opportu. | Preclcable, sneceeded in securing for its subjects 4 prospect ot its being obtained in time to be forwarded | and respect, and every effort shall be. made to tia ety Tee Sete eee 4 “: n nat nity of bringing this subject to the notice of the rerl of | , | 8m, however, constrained at the same time to aftate, | of the Mississippi from its surce to its outlet in th by the steamer of the 19th July. Should the exchange plish the object of his mission with the least possible de. | ZOU26 lady, we understand, 14 hele’ t0-oF possesses a Aberdeen in such @ manner as you may deem most ex- | {FM all that has come to my knowledge of Mexico. copy not be received until after that date, you w e property out South, wh: bi wishes her ient. It is true, that ou more tA cocesion Mr. Lda een to se eee — favorable terms than | The President would, also, consent, th with re- avail rere of some safe private pred manna Tn the present communication it is deemed useless and tomake over to him; and her refu jo 80, ie ackenham has informed me in conversation that these — e al ovat Tas xe Saws id, under any circum- | luctance, to submit to the Senate the es wi it to this country, orto send it to General Arm might prove injurious, to discuss the causes of the exist- supposed to be the principal cause of dimes. Warlike, preparations had been commenced some time a; be consented to by tis goverament, suggested by you, dividing the territory in dispute be- | strong, at Liverpool, for transmission. Joe pp. Tale might ‘endo delay, or defeat the restore Med iertote Captain Matisuek OF Wi ext" wada pox e existing culties of the two countries otal wee! countries “ by extending rv ‘am, sir, res; ral: J n Lal , assumed their present serious aspect, and had no con- | rao 9g 4 Muchanan to Mr. McLane—Eztracty. the Pacific by the forty-ninth parallel and the straits of ‘Your obedient servan Soe Cases Porakuee, eit nee ovate liee, and officer Stephens of the lower police, arrested nection whatever with the Oregon question; but yet it Sond’ Washington Pobanny So, tatats} | Buea” but without the superadded words, "with free JAMES BUCHANAN. The occasion may, however, be ombraced to state that | Je4' #4 tne Notorious old thief and ‘'stwol pigeon,” cal- would be satisfactory to receive such a eevecs aula Sn, February 96, 1846. rts to both nations.” These words are indefinite, and | Louis McLane, Esq, ke. ke. ke. the President has ever cherished the kindest r | ed Jim Hazzard, charged with entering the premises more authoritatire and authentic form. The President | ,,9!**— Your despatches to No. 34, inclusive, have been | he cannot infer from them the extent of your meaning. — Mexico, and that one of the first wishes of his heart is, | |), Lenbrosses street, occupied by « colored mawand is also anxious to learn your own opinion upon this sub- remecny hegre ree e rene Jn case the first Biopeetion to which you refer shou Lord Aberdeen to Mr. McLane. that she may be a powerful and prosperous Republic, in his wife by the name of Spencer and Mary Ann Houston, ject with tho least practicable delay ; Ao ere wi . copy of my answer, under date | be made by the British government, the President would Fi Orrice, May 22, 1846. | perpetual amity with the United States, and breaking open a trunk, and stealing therefrom a Tam, &., JAMES BUCHANAN. | (ih SG inst,, to. abel shoul ae Proposition toeub- | not object to the terms of his offer of the 12th July last, "5 principal secretary of | *Commodore Conner will transmit this despatch for | Sold Watch valuea at $0u: also bank bills dmounting to Louis McLane, ksq., &c. &e. &e. iadepeadtntly etdan’ toeoe ES. nit to make free to Great eee et or on Van- ji the honor to receive the | your Excellency to tlie Governor of Vera Cruz, under a | T,) aud tree gold rings worth $15, making in all $135. _— my reply, that the Presidewt doen bot Diba ae ponent plead, napa of thle lel, which the British | note of Mr. McLane, envoy extraordinary and minister hog of truce; and you are respectfully invited ‘to adopt | 41\°,t0ore Vigilant offivers “‘puiled” the snscal in Leon- ‘My. Buckenen to Mri MeLan a " site OL OMEEE Weeke © ator a fe prt pac A ire.” If the cap of this island should | plenipotentiary of the United States of America, dated | the same chunnel for communicating your answer. I street. and co ‘‘frisking” his person, $16 ol the sto- tea 2 Parent aah sritwidn® here'are sib pomectl rato, oehnn |e cau tert aseoodpropsions the hehoul | sueumet Dace te aS” Soh ee iene eh | lara mae tthn con ate Jou xcallaney | bye capitan at ink propery, Comat Washington, Dec. 29, 1048, | such acourse, which might have been j Ragas yg sed @ would | document, dated the 28th day of April, signed by the " Heir property. ° the assurance of my mov't aie CTs batt examination by Justice Drinker. Grand Larceny:—Oricers Donnelly snd Watson, of had it been | consider the question in regard ina- i and couater- your despatches to No. 24, inclusive tor. These you can use as occasion may require. not to say impossibility, under our system of govern: iol i » after recit- | ‘the papers were read and referred to the Committes | the lat Ward. arrested serterday an Irishmap by the ‘The Senate hi ; te, Fam-informed, | Inthe first without pretending to know the | ment, afler oue or mote States ahall have. beon estab. | which has been adopted. te, The Congress ot the United | Foreign Kelations huine of Buinoy Lynch, ciarged. with robbing w fellow jannegan presented an amendment, | passenger by the name of Francis Heeuey, om board of with their present information, | ine sup Warshipman, whilo at sea. om the 20th of July Kivice ‘These resolutions were de- | last, by cutting out his pecket, while he confirmed your a avoy extraordinary | Opinions of individuals senators, | hazard but litve in as- | lished in Oregon, (an event not fer dtstant, i After uebute, Mr. minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America | sertiog that no treaty for arbitration could obtain the | any of their ports iree to Great Britain. ir Pay cod Avore bot RAMONE aoe Bete bine hen chown at the court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and | Constitutional majority of the Senate necessary to its | nation. Bi our sy of drawbacks secures to | required by the second article of the convention of the | (¢¢lined giving am a now transmit to you your commission in that Hea penny bifid vas eek wallen ot ey me ese Cope Martingicd Lise seaseriel advantages of free ports, with- sth ‘of August, 1927, between Great Britain wad the fe ase jes a the sant age Tharedan the ba berth, and stealing therefrom Vitis ges vo . y 5 ‘ . lay, cold; & portion ot the money Was recove: weet were correct In supporing that the Dritish go- | would not be willing to jeopard oy arbitration the por: |” There is ope point which it is nece de gensa’ | oe cons By bet senha esetiiy on the | maunt—Mr. MeDuitle reporad the following resvlu- | reig:s was discovered in the save of the accused to some intondia reee rn ysreberd ke SH arcane Ss eeesue ak ieee bell gg od Yr ~ po LS ha ae va pln Propositi mi should be | part of her Mujesty’s government, the receipt of the said | UOP¥ >— d, Thet the Senat tai it murted for trial by Justice Drinker Sonali aan ee pave ieee Mr 7 te saepoeta, teaser (mn mone + ae as submitted by the Britis overnment. The strait of Fuca | notice; and declares that, in conformity ‘with its tenor, a vet the whee a A strong desire Lett Larceny —Joveph Franklin was arrested a refer this question, of which I trantmit youcopy.. You | Jun the Whole tersitory asconsent to deprive the tic wetald posters the samme right to navigate t through: | Bt ke Hee a Reece neat il cousldet the. convention ny Of pouce, just and hunsrsble to both nations, | lngaing "ta sir, SAY brumiels, No. S27 ‘Nasal Wreot, Will not fail to observe that he does not propose i refer. | of these harbors; becatise, south of them, within ita Limits, the Cth Of August, 1927, abrograted accordingly from a fh nee Mgr Hlotingy thei é out its whole extent as the: tho President be advised to adupt ali proper mea | Locku up ence of the: title to the whole question \iertitory), but | 00 good harbor exists, ‘The rejection of euch a treaty by | of the Briton chenacl to pai ea ae A dF ag the attainment of that object, mn : ; ; ver Vi p 4 < . A i. ice Green was arrested yesterday by offiver Va merely Oe sahiect af n equitable division” of it be- | the Senate would involve the question in far greater em- ties, this ought to be clearly and distinetly understood. — taste ‘assurances of his high a rte A ‘cho Resvlved Further, That the Senate deem it advisable benschoten,, of the oth Wu charged with stealing va. Thouia have toes enum orate biter beara | Secunia nit eo hen oe waders | Rie rere ie oe. necenary wen we ecaliea SMMSRBERDEEN. | tat Cougreseanould appropriate sam ol ove) ym | un etl of Weaning apjrat wotnning eR. in the face of the President's claim tothe whole terri- | 2. But even if such a treaty were now ratified by both'}ed'aclaimto the exclusive navigation of thernorthern | L°Cl* McLane, Eeq., Ke. Ko. ke. sas otiadetigs, Setabeas wpentl ee ce ee sans | inet o8 Supt tory, alter it had been so recently enforced inthe most | powers, the process towarde a final termination of the | Pacific ocean betwoen ite Asiatic and Ameri used vrceanmtee ‘event that such treaty should call for | wrested yesterduy u boy by the name of Martin Wisner, solemn manner by my letter of the Oth of August | controversy would be exceedingly slow. Experience | ries, on thi as ‘a close F ~) being an accomplice in a burglary, in ex: last, withdrawing our proposition for a com L tp | has taught us thie truth. The necessary delay In select. | yr vy) that it was ‘a 9 sea. From Hautrax.: y_ the schooner Boston, we | the expenditure of the money so appropriated, or any | 0 suspicion of being 9 “) it yy in “4 by the 49th parallel of latitude. To wecept the propos. | ing the atbitrators, in organizing the board, in mbmit. tion to which you zeter will ‘not meet th ge AE el fs to the 4th instant. ‘The | part thereof. Leaked ap torowemtiation by Justice Hevme the arbitrator, that Great Britain had a right to a portion collisions between British Sahjocts .o American bil views of the President on this important sub- | this steamer. Sir Jeremiah Dickson, Ko B., was to ad- | Yow, Benton, Berrien, Bright, Calhoun, Cass, Chalmers, Jous McKron, — ’ , and 4 d ns To what extent you should communicate them t ministe: arrival ley, . M. i" 5 , Corwin, Critt At the opening of the Court this m rand reqattabte division” of 1 Dotw fs the Poe taian | im that territory would be constantly increasing. Ta Sy Ker Aberasen eo Gatirely to your own discretion. | Hervey, the few Governor, trom Newioundiaaa Ii orcs | dems Dace, Dickinson’ Dis; Seen, Pairhel4, Greene, | inquest ontered,, and after preventing ‘pilla, renest th preset propoiion i ‘ali the former of | romp etlement othe sntovery: There never wes | sound judgment prhlanee aid pauicues =” 7° | tndernood tha i jy Harvey had delyed he depar | Hounion,Uinmsington, Jernagin oder, la: dite | Satped forthe ttm, wth intel eats Court for of the government, which was @ general pro- | @ question in which delay will prove more dengerous. sir, tfally «mig eng a had pasa Roma mee seer a } Outiltg —Ja i Positionto arbitraio, “If no other reasons existed for de: | I shallmerely. advert to the, fiheulty of selecting Pie fedient Sir Jeremiah Dickson was sworn into office on the 3d in- | Pearce, Pheips, Sevier, Simmons, Speight, cengerey Or eens, Womens, Maneas ban pee clintng the tion, thin would be deemed sufficient | suitable arbiteoecer, “Phare wenld ke cbiections te an ‘our o| servant, stant, with considerable ceremony. Ata meeting of the | Turney, Upham, Westcott, Woodbridge, Yulee— lerweny, in having stolen two seats, worth $10, also a Malm" thag aa eka | saeco erage age | Uo Wotan acy NAN | RG PAR PR | rset Rak 7 yw tong (atte nl a a wi) | oui end ROME avy converectivc coe, ‘ine et wan eae ieainst com: such vast territorial rights to Mr. Buchanan to Mr. McLane. evista but nine days.—Bedton Ade. wae = Ween ot oe Trial for Grand Larceny.—A colored woman named Mr. Pakenham on Saturday last, he will dou isa ‘ce ( elndy aay phan i uals. (No, 26] Drrantuent oF State, ‘Aves—Allen, Archer, Ashley, Athetton, Bagby, Ben- | Eli Gardner, was placed atthe bar ona calvethagssit, thay bed, Zar -capeciation tbat ks ae (ie was and jae he yo oad which might eeiaion, March 28, 1846. Court ror tim Connection or Exrors—Tu ton, Breese Bright, Calhoun, Cameron, Cass, Chalmers, pharge having stolen Paid srangh. fad chada belong would be secepted, the. fa; te Ais peapenttnts colts Konr dempeten No, 26, on the 3d, was re- day, August 11, 1846.—Present Lt, Gov. iner, | Cerwin, Crittenden, Dickinson, Dix, seant, Fairfield, | ing fusherd vo i OF the Watch not Tam, ko. JAMES BUCHANAN of bitre it be wes My ‘No. of the 26th February was 00 5 Was Ag h ‘Lee and el. M. Filmore Dre, Manger, Ries Rusk, Sevier, t, Sturgeon, larceny only, and sent to ithe Penitentiary for the term bour MeLans, Esq. ko ke. Me, i 0, ara eras © ny tee OTOL I chee 4 | czas fr ea og Biull opened a ht hat mane] penn Ciltey, Jon Me othe ‘Court then edjencned until Monday Sept. 7th. encopt Orrer Commercial. P ca J h :