UNITED STATES.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 230, 1 August 1846, Page 85

UNITED STATES.

ANNEXATION OF IRELAND WITH AMERICA!

The rapacity of the United States Government seems to be beyond control. A motion had been introduced into the House of Representatives, to give Great Britain. notice of the termination, at the end of twelve months, of the joint occupancy of the Oregon territory. This measure had been supported by, amongst others, Mr. J. Q. Adams, but was lost on a division, it being required to be carried by a majority of two-thirds. The vote stood, Ayes, 102; Noes, 89. This matter, which had come up as a resolution from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, was decided to be referred to a committee of the whole house ; but, upon a motion that it be made a special order for the first Monday in February, it was lost as above stated.

Most strenuous efforts continued to be made by the peace party, and in the Courier and Enquirer, Journal of Commerce, and Commercial Advertiser of New York, articles deprecating the war feeling, which it was evident was receiving an immense impetus, were being daily inserted ; the appeals to the reason instead of the passions of the people continued to be made by them in the very best spirit ; and yet it is really greatly to be feared that a war will be precipitated before the representatives of the people can be brought to their senses. The height to which the fever raged may be judged of by the fact, that at die commencement of the fourth day's debate, the Honourable Felix G. M'Connell in sober seriousness moved the adoption of resolutions for the annexation of Ireland !

Throughout the whole debate the cry of " The whole of the Oregon or none !" was heard ; and no compromise whatever was for a moment listened to. — Morning Chronicle, January 28.

There have been three arrivals within the week from New York ; the last being the packet ship Yorkshire, which brings intelligence to the 18th January. The Oregon question had been undergoing discussion in various forms in the Senate ; and when the accounts were despatched, the House of Representatives had not concluded a debate on a resolution from the Committee of Foreign

Affairs requiring the President to give notice to Great Britain of the termination of the joint occupancy. In the Senate, the resolutions proposed by Mr. Hennegan, asserting the right of the United States to the territory in dispute — which had been met by resolutions from Mr. Calhoun recognising the conflicting claims of Great Britain, and approving of the principle of settling the dispute by negotiation and compromise — had been debated ; and the discussion terminated in laying both sets of resolutions on the table. A resolution from the Committee on Foreign Resolutions, calling for the termination of the joint occupancy at the end of twelve months, was ordered to lie over till the 10th February. — Spectator, February 7..

Two arrivals here this week have brought intelligence from the United States ten days later than that previously received. Both Houses of Congress were still engaged in discussing the Oregon question. The Senate, which at all times is a drag on the more impetuous course of the other house, had dealt a " heavy blow and great disparagement" to the war party, by the rejection of Mr. Allen's resolution, the gist of which was, that the United States would resist all interference on -he part of European Governments with the affairs of the American continent. Mr. Calhoun opposed this resolution, and a division showed 28 against, and 24 for it. All the Whigs in the Senate voted with Calhoun, and five democratic senators, including himself. So far the result is gratifying; and in the commercial cities, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, it had given much satisfaction. The further discussion of the question — or rather the next trial of strength, for it will continue to be discussed on every available opportunity — is postponed to the 10th of February, when Mr. Crittenden is to offer the following resolution :—: —

" Be it resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, — That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized, at his discretion, to give to the British Government the notice required by its said 2d article for the abrogation of the said convention of the 6th of August, 1827: provided, however, that in order to afford ample time and opportunity for the amicable settlement and adjustment of all their differences and disputes in respect to said territory, said notice ought not to be given till after the present session of Congress."

The object of the postponement is, to ascertain how matters stand in England, and whether the rumours which prevailed respecting our free-trade policy were correct or otherwise. Mr. Calhoun will, of course, also oppose this resolution for giving notice of the joint termination, with, no doubt, the like success. He has, of late years, strongly deprecated all discussion on the Oregon question ; and it has certainly not been his fault that the topic has been brought so piominently forward. Oregon, in the course of time, would be peopled almost exclusively with American citizens, who could take care of themselves, has been his argument ; but this game of what Mr. Calhoun was pleased to style " masterly inactivity," has been spoiled by the less discreet judgment and foresight of Mr. Polk and others. Nevertheless, the Senate is not idle. A bill had been passed, authorizing an expenditure of 75,000 dollars for raising a corps of mounted riflemen, and 3,000 dollars for each military post on the route to Oregon.

The next important point in the papers by this arrival relates to the progress of free-trade opinions amongst our trans-At-lantic friends. The Times of the 4th of December, which contained the announcement that Peel's Cabinet had decided on the repeal of the Corn Laws, had arrived out, and created a sensation hardly inferior to that which it produced in this country. The journals were busily engaged in discussing the question of its truth or otherwise ; and the general feeling was in favour of its truth. The next arrival would put Jonathan in possession of Peel's resignation, Lord John Russell's failure in forming a Cabinet, and Peel's resumption of office; and all this would conclusively show him,

that when the heads of the great political parties in the State axe opposed to the Corn Laws their doom is sealed. The emollient effeot of this intelligence will be seen in the debate in the Senate on the 10th instant, when it comes to hand.

Mexico, according to the intelligence which has reached, vid New Orleans, was about being the scene of another revolution. At the head of this new movement was General Paredes, who was advancing on the capital to depose the existing Government. The timid conduct of the Mexican President in his negotiations with the United States was said to have given rise to this outbreak. Everything indicates that, without an infusion of new blood into Mexico from some quarter, it will be speedily absorbed in the leviathan republic, which already eyes its prey with a watery mouth.

The commercial accounts by this arrival take their complexion principally from the Corn Law rumours which had reached America. The cotton market had been rather languid ; but all the other markets, the corn and provision markets more especially, were in a state of excitement, owing to the intelligence from England. The new tariff will prove, in all probability, the most pacific and immediate settlement of the Oregon dispute.

I The Mods of giving Colour to Port.— Formerly the grapes of the Douro, having a thin skin, the wine produced was of a fine dark ruby, which was then much admired by all consumers ; bat once some dark, tasteless dye having by accident fallen into a tonel, the wine was pronounced so much superior to anything that had before been seen, that no other than dark wine would suit the taste of the day. What was to be done? The grapes were pressed to the utmost, but the skins refused to give forth any further colouring matter. The wine was of a beautiful ruby colour, but it was not black enough. It was considered that through the ignorance of the fanners the best qualities were left behind, Nothing would please them. At last it occurred to an intelligent farmer, who was always ready to adopt any novelty which he thought might be advantageous, that he had seen the fermenting juice of the grape have a very wonderful effect on the human skin. In truth, he had observed that the Gallegos employed in dancing in the winepresses went in with dark brown legs, and came out, though stained with wine, very white and. clean when washed in water. He reasoned that if brown becomes white, so probably will the wine extract a black colour. He forthwith therefore despatched a vessel to the kingdom of the Ashantees, on the coast of Africa, where the natives are the darkest, and she returned freighted with a cargo of blacks. The inhabitants of Oporto wondered when they law so many black men landed from the ship ; but the farmer kept his counselhe merely observed that he thought they would work more cheaply in his vineyards than white Gallegos. During the vintage he closed the gates of his estate against everybody. People wondered what he was about : they suspected he was adulterating his wine. Now, it is well known that the darkness of the negro race is caused by a black substance contained in the epidermis, or the outer skin of the body. The same is the case with the grape, as I have before observed. It is also well known that the violent fermentation of a vinous fluid will extract the colour from any substance steeped in it, as it does from the skin of the dark grape. I say no more. The fair took place, the farmer's tonels were approved by the company, and he sold his dark-coloured wine at a very high, price. His Ashan tees wore trowsers and socks till the next vintage. Nobody guessed the fact. How could they? The following year the wine was of an equally good colour, and as the competition for its purchase consequently was great, it sold for an enormous sum. The Ashantees, to the surprise of every one, afterwards wore gloves, which met the sleeves of their coats. On the third year the wine was even better than before, for it had more flavour and body. On the fourth, the blacks had disappeared, no one knew whither, though in their stead a very fine set of perfectly white people were seen, who could not speak Portuguese. Still everybody was in the dark, till the farmer sent for a fresh supply of negroes, when the troth transpired, and the Royal Wine Company strictly forbade the nefarious practice under pain of the forfeiture of the estate. They, however, applied for, and obtained, the monopoly themselves, offering aa an excuse, that the negroes thus washed white made better Christians. Of course, on this plea no Christian monarch could refute their request. Now and then dreadful surmises were whispered about, but in a despotic country, as Portugal then was, no one dared utter them aloud — only, a dead black man wai never seen ! — Lutitanian Sketchet of the Pen and Pencil.

Tic Doloritcc. — Mr. Mortimer stales thattwo grains of extract of belladonna were givc_» by mistake in a case of tic doloreux. The patient wu alarmingly ill for a week, but never suffered from the disease again, though twenty yean have since elapsed.— Atutrqtian.