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THE REPEAL OF THE UNION. BY T. HOOD. It was a fine, clear, moonlight night, and Mike Mahoney was strolling on the beach of the Bay of Bealcreagh—who knows why? per haps to gatner dhoolamaun, or to look for a crab, but thinking intensely of nothing at all, be cause of the tune he was whistling,-—when look, j ing seaward, he saw ut about a stone’s cast from the shore, a dark object which appeared I like a human head. Or was it a seal? Or a keg of whiskey? Alas! no such good luck ! The dark object moved like a living thing, and approaching nearer and nearer, into shallow water, revealed successively the neck and shoulders of a man. Mike wondered extremely. It was a late hour for a gentleman to be bathing, and there was no boat or vessel within Leandering dis tance, fiom which the unknown might have swam. Meanwhile the stranger approached the gliding motion of the figure suddenly chan ing into a floundering, ns if having gGt within bis depth, he was wading through the deep mud. Hitherto, the object, amid the broad path of silver light, had been a dark one; but diverging a little out of the glittering water, it now be came a bright one, and Mike could make out the features, at least as plainly as those of the man in the moon* At last the creature stopped a few fathoms off, and iti a “forrin voice,” such as the Irishman had never beard before, called to Mike Mahony. Mike crossed himself and answered to his name. “What do you take me foi?” asked the stranger. “Devil knows,” thought Mike, taking a ter rible scratch at bis head, but he said nothing. “Look here then-” said the stranger; and plunging bead downwards, as for a dive, he raised nud flourished in the air a fish’s tail, like asnimnn’s. buia great deal bigger. After this exhibition hail lasted for a minu.c, the tail went down, and the head came up again. “Now you know of course, what I am?” “Why, thin,” said Mike, with n broad grin, “axing your pardon, 1 take it you’re a kind of Half Sir.” “True for you,” said the Merman, for such lie was, in u very melancholy tone. “I am only half a trentleman, and it’s what troubles me, day and night. But I’ll come more conve nient to you." And by dint of great exertion, partly crawl ing and partly .shooting himself forward with his tail, shrimp fashion, he contrived to reach the beach, when he rolled himself close to Mike’s feet, which instinctively made a step apiece in retreat. “Never fear, Mike,” said the Merman, “it’s not in my heart to hurt one of the finest pea santry in the world.” “Why, thin, you’d not object maybe,” in- inquired Mike, not quite reassured, “to cry O’ Connell for ever7” “By no means,” replied the Merman; “or Success to the Rent.” “Faix, where did he learn that?” muttered Mike to himself. “Water is a good conductor of sound,” said the Merman, with a wink of one of his round, skvblue eyes “It can carry a voice a long Way—if you think of Father Matthew’s.” “Begad, that’s true,” exclaimed Mike.' “And in course you’ll have heard of the Rc- pcalel “Ah, that’s it,” said the Merman, with a long drawn sigh, an J a forlorn shake of the head. “That’s just it. It’s in your power, Alike, do me the biggest favor in the world.” “With all the pleasure in life,” replied Mike, “provided there’s neither sin nor shame in it.” “Not the least tuste of either,” returned the Merman. “It is only that you will help mo to repeal this cursed union, that has joined the best ]>nrt of an Irish gentleman to the worst end of a fish.” “Murther alive!” shouted Mike, jumping a step backward, “what! cutoff your honor’s tail!” "That very rante,” said the Merman. “He reditary bondsmen, know ye not who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.” But you see, Mike, it’s impossible in my case to strike the blow myself.” “Shure, and soil is,” said Mike reflectively, and if I thought you would not be kilt entirely —which would be half a murder anyhow—” “Never fear, Mike. Only cut exactly through the first row of scales, between the fish and the flesh, and I shall feel no pain, nor will you even spill a drop of blood.” Mikesbook his head doubtfully—very doubt fully indeed, and then mult' red to himself, “Devil a bit of a Repale without that!” “Not a drop, I tell you, said the Merman, “there’s my band on it," and he held out a sort of flesh-colored paw, with webs between the fingers. “It’s a bargain, said Mike, but after all,’ and he grinned knowingly at the Merman, “suppo sing your tail cut off from you, it’s small walk- :ig ye’ll get, unless I conid lend you the loan of j pair o’legs.” “Trim foi “but it’s not the silting, Mike,” and he wiked again with his round, sky-blue eye, “its the sitting, and which you see is mighty inconvenient, so long as I am linked to this scaly Saxon appendage,” “Saxon is it!" bellowed Mike, hurrah then for the Rep' ale, and whipping out a huge knife from his pocket, lie performed the operation ex actly as lie Memiati had direcied—and strange to say of an Iiisli operation, without shedding a single drop ol blood. ••There,” said Mike, having kicked the so dissevered tnil in'o the sen, and then setting up ’he Half-Sir like a nin< pin on the bread end, •there you are. free and indcpendirit, and fit to ait where you p'nse.” “M lln Beacons, Mike,” replied the Merman, “and as to sitting where I please,” here he nod ded three times very significantly, “the only seat that will please me will be in College Green.” “Och! ih.it will he n proud day for Ireland!” said Mike, alteniptii g to shout, and intending to cut a caper and t>> throw bp his hat. But his forded limbs were powerless, and his mouth only gap ed in prodigious yawn. As Ins mouth closed again his eyes opened, hut he could see nothing that be could makeheador tail of-lhc Merman was gone. “Bedad!” exclaimed Alike, shotting ids eves again, and rubbing the lids lustily with his knuckles, "what u dhrame I’ve had of the Re ptile of the Union!” From the London Examiner. REVELATION OF SPAIN IN 1845. BY AW ENGLISH RESIDENT. A Madrid Mob. The Porte de Si. Denis and the Boulevard St. Antoine, Guildhall and Kennington Com mon are pale by the side of these brmvn and impassioned faces, these black and wiry locks, like the snakes of Tisiplione, these moustaches of Barbary darkness* these ever moving lines and ropes of facial muscle, strangely set offby bv the peaked black velvet hat which is univer sally worn; and the cloak, which even in his rags the Manola wears with the “race of a Ro man Senator and the dignity, for he thinks himself no less of a Castilian hidalgo. A Spanish Revolution. It requires little to decide .he Peninsular re former to rush to the public square and make a new revolution. At limes he is so quick about it that lie forgets to put on his shoes ; a fact surprising to our Northern natures, but fa miliar to all who have wit lessed an alboroto in Madrid, Barcelona, or Seville. A dozen vivas, the beat of a drum, three steps in advance—it is done! 7 lit Queen and her Bonbons. The most striking characteristic ol the youth ful Alajesty of Spam, is her relish and constant use of bonbons and sweetmeats. Her papers of comfits strew the palace, her bags of sugar plums visit the council chamber, her dulces line the throqe. The degrees of ministerial favors may be estimated by the number of presents of confectionary, tmd the Alinister of the Interior is first fiddle by right of four hags of sugar plums, till the Minister of Grace and Justice produces five sticks of barley sugar. When she despatches business with her Ministers fwhich she does twice a week,) she despatches a pro digious quantity of sweets at the same time, and the confection of decrees, and discussion of dainties, proceed pari passu. Narvaez. General Don Ramon Narvaez, the success ful hero of the day, looks precisely the daring, energetic, obstinate, and iron.nerved soldier of fortune which he is. In habits, manners, and appearance, he is of the purest military breed blunt and off handed in his address, overbear ing in disposition, slow to take advice, impoli tic, violent, and very determined in his pro ceedings. His dark mustache has the roug campaigner’s cut, and his pale, stern, and somewhat cruel countenance, betokens bis un bending character. He is sumptuous and showy in his habits, but not luxurious in his tastes, and is always ready in his food and drink to rough it like a campaigner. Those who remember him an outcast two years back expelled from Portugal upon the requisition of Espartero, a wanderer through Provinces of France, with broken boots that let in the wet a greasy hat and a tl.in coat, which ill protect ed him from the inclemency of a severe wi ter, will appreciate fully the fairy like change in his circumstances. Recipe for a Pronunciamiento. Buy over three or four officers and a dozen sergeants of a regiment. Give twenty dollais to each officer, and a four dollar piece to each of the sergeants; give a peseta to a blind news hawker, and n well invented tale of political rascality of any kind ; distribute a score of rus ty guns and pistols among as many mauvais sujets ; appoint a particular hour for an explo sion, and the thing is almon as infallibly ac complished ns the recent blowing up of the Shakespeare Cliff at Dover. And yet the writer is indisposed to admit that the early pronunciamientos against Es- paiicro were “ bought over” with the gold of France. Absurdities of Resident English. I find “John Duncan Shaw” metamorphos ed into “ Don Juan Duncano Schau”—“ Sal ter” into “ Snllero,” and plain *• Paul Cross” into “ Don Pablo Mariano Cross.” But the oddest of {ill these metamorphoses is, that ef fected in a few years time in person, who for political purposes, was desirous to appear as Spanish as possible; and he who went forth masquerading as “ Don Jacinto Rom*I,” had sometime before been little “ Jack Russell.” The Greatest Lord in England. An amusing sensation was created by the news of Espartero’s having been invited to a public bnnquet by the Lord Mayor of London. Most Spaniards translated the word Mayor literally, according to its meaning in Castilian, “ greater,” and took it th.it the ex-R.gvnt had been invited to dine by the greatest lord in England. Spanish Epithets. When the beggar goes forth to make his rounds, they say, Vase Pordioscur, «* He goes to G'ol’s-sakeitv,” or to beg alms fur the sake of God. No other language has any equiva lent for this forcible phrase, which might be paralleled in a multitude of instances. When the beggar proceeds from door to door, he is menudeando, “ little-and-littleafying,” or col lecting his fragments and copperas in a bag; and when becomes home, the neighbors say to each other—for Spanish women seem to have nothing to do but to gaze out of the window— “ ‘ It is many years since that event took place,’ added the old man, in conclusion,* still, I can never think of h w ithout a shudder.’—- And, if I understood him right, the mental anxiety he underwent at the time had the ef fect of changing the color of his hair into gray ever since. To me this narrative had a pecu liar interest, as 1 was standing on the very spot which the traditions of the east point out as the scene where twenty-five centuries . oo. Da niel had his miraculous escape ; and I could not hut contrast the calm confidence of the prophet, witli the agitated state of the Arab youth, who had not yet learned to place complete and implicit reliance on his heavenly Father.” Fro~ the Srrannah Georgian. ANDREW JACKSON. “ I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an emperor or a king. My republican feelin From the Charleston Mercury f THE ENGLISH MISSION—OREGON, The Boston Courier, copies the statement of ihe N. Y. Herald’s correspondent, that the Mission to England had been offered to Mr. Pickens, urid that if he declined, it would again be pressed on Mr. Calhoun.” The Courier adds : “ If a South Carolina mail is sent to E gland, there will be very little trouble about Oregon. The sovereignty of that almighty Stale care very little about adding any n ore free Territory to the American Union.” The Boston Courier, tnotrgh it could con dense into a look the acerbity of half a century of New England Federalism, is not likely to trouble the conscience of the South, or even the “ almighty State” it holds in such horror. The acquisitions which the Conner’s party have j and prejudices, and dislike to otbers, made to the “/r« territory ’ of the Union— j it into errors and difficulties, which hi where are they? We never heard of them. * ' ' It is the acquisition of territory that has always THE GLOBE. Ehe last number of this long established and able paper was issued yesterday. Mr. Blair, its editor, gave us his valedictory a few days ago; and yesterday Air. Rives, the “ fiscal partner,” took leave of their friends and pat rons in one of his characteristic letters, of wit and good feeling. Thus terminates the Globe! It lias rendered much and varied service to the Democratic party Afore powerful in the at tack than in the defence, it has ahvavs been more successful in demolishing the ranks of the enemy, than in securing the fruits of victory, by harmonizing and strengthening its own. It is with great respect that we say it, hut its adhe rence to men rather than measures—its nffl li lies and preferences for particular individuals, have led have at last A Proclamation. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC TEXAS. or Whereas, since the close of the last session Congress, a joint resolution respecting ti^ annexation of Texas to the United States k their Congress has been adopted, aothorizi ^ the President of the United States to s J n = the alternative of two certain propositi, Cl contained in the said joint resolution as p, 5 basis for consummating the proposed Annex' 3 ation : and principles forbid it; the simplicity of our ' l rou Wed that body of patriots. They went in 'to spasms about Louisiana, and the fit was re peated in the case of Texas. Bat these had an odor of slavery. Well, what have they done for their own peculiar province of free territory 1 VIr. Webster was thought by ma ny to have given away a good slice even of the sacred soil of New England, and Mr. Benton charged him on voluminous evidence, with yielding not a few swamps, &c., beyond Lake Superior. However that may he, it is certain that lie never crossed the Rocky Mountains. He had perhaps the best opportunity that was ever presented of settling the Oregon question system of government lorhids it. Every mon ument erected to perpetuate the memory of our heroes and statesmen ought to bear evidence of the economy and simplicity of our republi can institutions, and the plainness of our re- publican citizens, who are the sovereigns of our glorious Union, and whose virtue is to per petuate it. True virtue cannot exist where pomp and parade are the governing passions, it can only dwell with the people—the great laboring and producing classes that form the bone and sinew of our confederacy. “ For these reasons I cannot accept the hon or you and the President and the Directors of t advantageously for the whole country, and lie the National Institute intended to bestow. I : r '— — =• L ’ cannot permit my, remains to be the first in these United States to be deposited in a sar cophagus made for an emperor or kino-. I again repeat, please accept for yourselff and convey to the President and Directors of the National Instituto, my most profound r&spects for the honor you and they intended to bestow. I have prepared an humble depository for my mortal body beside that wherein lies" my be loved wife, where, without any pomp or pa rade, I huve requested, when my God calls me to sleep with my fathers, to be laid ; for both of us there to remain until the l ist trumpet sounds to call the dead io judgment, when we, I hope, shall rise together, clothed with that heavenly body promised to all who believe in our glorious redeemer, who died for us that we might live, and by whose atonement I hope for a blessed immortality.”—lixttact from the let ter of Andrew Jackson to Com. Elliott, U. S. N. dated Hermitage, March 27, 1845. Glorious on ihe battle-field. Glorious in tbe chair of ttate. When thy country found a shield In thy arm, to puard her fate j Still more glorious art lliou now. Gasping feebly for thy breath, While upon illv martial brow Fast distil the dews of death! , ough disease has sapped thy form, tnd the lightning from thine eye Thong And me iigiuuing irom mine eye Fades, which through the battle’s storm Gleamed so bright and valiantly ; Though thy voice, whose clarioirtone Sent to gallant hearts a tlirilh As the line moved bravely on. Fainter grows, and faiuter still. Yet thy spirit, bright as erst, Thpiugh the gathering clouds of night, O’er thy country’s sky it burst Like a glorious beacon 1 ght ; Pitre as when its ray was given, Though it hastens to its set, ’Till it pass away to Heaven. It is all of Jackson yet! Set it must—but thy grtat name. Lingering here beneath the sky. Cherished for thy country’s fame*, Will not, nay, it can not die! Living through each future age, Living in her gallant sons. Living on her history’s page. Side by side with'Washington's ! When the storm of battle pouts. And the invader's ruthless band, Fiercely, on these western shores. Seeks to conquer freedom's land. Sternly grappling with the foe. In the battle’s reddest flame. Where’s the brave heart will not glow When we breathe old Jackson’s name! In no tomb for monarch made, With no pageantry of woe. Shall ihy glorious dust be laid. In the earth, when thou art low ; Like thy life, thou dauntless mm, VVe will dig a crave iorthee, Simple anc republican. In the soil of Liberty! With a stern and lofty pride. Patriots, in nil coming time. From the hil.s to tb* ocean’s side, Shall recount thy life sublime ; Ceasing not to hope that men. With great souls inay rise to guide iUehilj this free nation—when Such, as thou, have lived and died ! vnu. Mike.” replied the Merman, A1 ' ora . va * c ™charctcar There he goes to the walking that I care for. It’s 5 P° 0ni,y ’ ( m f ean,n S he is about to convert n his scraps into an o//a^)orfnaa.) It is said of General Jackson, that the Presi dent, while on ins way to Washington, called to see hint at the Hermitage, and to hid him farewell, in all probability, for the last time. As they were about parting, the General, hol ding his friend with a wurm grasp by the hand, remarked with great emphasis, “ Sir, I shall uover see you again in this world ; but do your duty like a man, und we will meet in Heaven.” THE ARAB BOY AND THE LIONS. The Baron de Bode, in bis recently publish ed Travels in Luristan and Arbistan, states that among the reeds and marshes which envi ron the ruins of Shush, lions are sti'l found in great numbers, and the Arabs were full of the stories of their ravages. An old man of the’ party, with vehement gestures and considera ble volubility, detailed a personal ndventure: “ When a mere lad, of eight or nine years old, I was sent,’ he said, ‘one day by my parents to scare away birds from a plantation belong ing to us which lay close to the river. As”l was sitting in a frail hut of rushes, I suddenly espied n lioness making her way towards my place of concealment. My liver melted into water at the sight, ( jihe ab shud,) and I be came like one transfixed. The animal stop ped abort, then couched, and rolling on the sand appeared quite unconscious of an intru der. Although I trembled like a leaf, this af- me some respite ; bui, presently, I be came aware of another lion through the rush. e S ,—by the tremendous roaring which prece ded him. They met, and apparently on very friendly terms, and for some time they gam boled like dogs together. But I felt my situa tion was not the better for it, as their stav might be prolonged. I was more dead than alive, expecting at every instant they would dis- | cover my hiding place ; and one stroke of the j paw was more than sufficient to bring down tbe I iiut. I was afraid to breathe lest the sound j should reach their ears, yet 1 could not prevent j my teeth chattering quite audibly. But, I whether it was that they were too much occu pied with their own concerns, or that they are deficient in scent, I do not know ; suffice it to say that after a shoit time, which to n. e appear ed an age, they separated, each taking a differ- ent direction, and were soon lost in the high- grass.’ H. R. J. A TURKISH VIXEN OF IIG1I RANK. When Shah Sultana, sister to Selim III., was marrit d to Kara AIu>tafu Pasha, her high ness established the superiority of her rank over her husband in a summary manner, and this up on their marriage 'right. The impatient Pasha, not aware of the fiery and capricious character of his imperial bride, vainly waited until within nil hour of dawn lor the wonted summons to the nuptial chamber. At length, fearing that the muezin would announce morning prayer before he could enter bis wife’s apartment, and that he should, consequently, be accused of neglect, lie set aside his twentieth pipe, and boldly proceeded to the harem. Here he open ed the Sultana’s dour, said his prayer, and ap proached the foot of the couch. Better had he disturbed a sleeping lioness. As lie was in the act of stooping to kiss the hem of the coverlet, the recumbent Sultana cast him prostrate with a biow of her foot; then, springing from her couch, she flew at his face, and, in spite of his supplications of “My Sultana ! my soul! my lamb! corner of my liver! aman! amiui! (mercy) she lacerated his cheeks and nose so piteously that blood streamed on the floor; then clapping her hands for her female attendants* she bade them drive the insolent intruder from her presence, and retired to bed to compose her self, Not satisfied with this exposition of cho- ler, the irritated princess proceeded next mor- ning to the seraglio and throwing herself upon her knees at hey imperial brother’s feet, deman ded the immediate disgrace of the “infringer of etiquette” and her divorc from “the insulter of her digni y.” Sudan Selim listened attentive ly, and when she had finished speaking, highly applauded her spirit, and promised to admonish and chastise the husband. He then dismissed j his sister, with an earnest recommendation to j pardon the offender, and burst into a fit of laugh ter. This merriment increased two fold when Kara Alustafa entered the presence, humbly craving pardon for the fault he had committed and exhibiting his face miserably furrowed and scarified by the virago’s hails. It neveriheless, requireJ many days’ negotiation before the haughty princess coulu be induced to look upon shrunk from touching it. And what has Mr. Everett done for the acquisition of “ free ter ritory ?” VVe have not heard that our rights to the Oregon have received either new light ot increased strength front him. We have reason to believe that his mission in England has been one of marked and especial imbecility—a few years of elegant idling, deserving rather to be chronicled as the travels of a Cambridge pro fessor, than the labors of an American States man. But passing this, let us go io tbe root of the Oregon dispute. The two insuperable obsta cles that lie in the way of the plausible assertion of our right to the whole territory between California and the Russian possessions, tire the treaty of joint occupancy, and the offer of our government to accept the line of the 49th de gree of latitude as a compromise boundary.— Each of these was an undeniable concession that tbe claims of England had to some extent a just foundation—unless wo affirm that each was a cowardly and traitorous abandonment of the rights of our country. And who, more than nil others, is responsible for these conces sions? Truly, Mr. John Q. Adams. VVe don t blame him for the proffered compromise for wo think it was a very fair division. The claim of the United States attaches especially to the Southern part of the territory—’hat of England to the Northern part. The49ih par allel would give us about three fifths of the whole country—it would secure to us the whole valley of the Columbia river and its two great branches, and would carry through to the Pa cific, to the boundary of our territory this side of the Alountaios. VVe have always believed that this boundary could he gained, and that we ought to be satisfied with it. As to the as sertion that our right to every font of land be tween the Alexican and Russian boundaries, is clear—it deserves not the least resoect, and comes manifestly either from presumptuous ig norance or reckless demagogism We do not believe there is an impartial man in the world, who on a full hearing of both parties, would ad judge that all the right is with ns, and all the wrong with England. VVe have already con ceded that she has some right, and it w>*uld be dishonoring the past pledges of the Government, to deny it now. VVe blame not Mr. Adams then for the pro posed compromise; but let the New Englan ders show that any Southern statesman has conceded more for the sake of settlement, or has weakened the claims of the United States. resulted in its transfer to others Let its mer its and its services be cherished with respect— let its errors be forgotten. W e are now the oldest Democratic paper at llu’ seat of Government. Our seniority imposes a heavy responsibility, and we shall endeavor to practice that gravity ot manner and leniency of spirit calculated to preserve peace and insure harmony among the younger professional breth ren of our own party at tin- metropolis. Hap piness and peaco to those whopo out—success and happiness to those who come in!—Constitu, TFXAN SECRETARY OF STATE. Mr. Aslibel South, the Texan Secretary of State, arrived in this city yesterday, and pro ceeds on to Boston this morning, to embark on Thursday in the steume for England. It is difficult to imagine any other than one ob ject of such post-haste speed on the part of this functionary, on the way to London—name ly, to ascertain from England what terms they can get in the way of money for their debt, as the condition of refusing annexation to the United States. If this is so, according to the general rumor, it is certainly a very indecor ous and indecent proceeding, worthy perhaps of some stockjobbing politicians about the gov ernment of Texas, anxious mainly aOout scrip and place; but it is not one likely to find favor with the pe<- pie of that country, whom all ac- counts concur in representing as enthusiastic in favor of their long cherished hope of coming into our Union. If such is the object of Mr. Aslibel Smith’s extraordinary mission, we have little faith, either in the idea that the English Government would like to venture so far to irritate tbe people of the United States, by bribing Texas to defeat a favorite measure of our public policy; or that, if she should do it, the penpli of T'-xas would ever tolerate such a transaction.—[iV. Y. News April 29. the offender, with whom she continued to live ^ them. Mi. Pukcnliam lias borne testimony to before th u y venture to repeat the sneers of ti e Boston Courier. But we did not set out to discuss the Oregon question, but to say, that we hoped no South ern man would undertake the negotiation of it. Let it be settled at Washington. Let Air. Buchanan have whatever of glory or fun is to be made out of it. No Southern man can man. ige this matter without either involving the country in a war, or loading himself a-d his section with accusations that will be multiplied and embittered just in proportion as they are undeserved. We trust, therefore, that if Mr. Pickens accepts the Mission to England, he will stipulate that the Oregon kettle of fish glial’ be stewed at home. It is more than his or any Southern man’s reputation is worth, to carry it to London. If indeed, it is to be dealt with elsewhere than at Washington, the proper step, in the present crisis of dispute, is to send an Extraordinary Ambassador, and we know of no man so fit for that office as the one already named by the newspapers—ex President Van Buren. The whole couutry would be satisfied with iiis moderation and address, and he is a proper representative of that section of the country which assumes to be alone interested in the acquisition o? Oregon. The Mission to England.—The Washing, ton “ Union," says:—“We understand that the mission to London has been offered to Mr. Pickens of South Carolina.” The Pres ident, we feel satisfied could not make a bet ter selection, nor one that would give more general satisfaction to the Democratic party of the South,—although we have our doubts whether Air. P. would accept of the Mission. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, in his remarks upon the subject of this mission, recommends Air. Rheit, of S. C. f as a gentleman in every way qualified to fill the station, but, at the same time asks: “ Is it not advisable to treins r er the negotia tions respecting Oregon to London? Would not Mr. Calhoun, like the self-sacrificing man that he is, withdraw bis objections, and now that apparently a dark cloud lowers on the ho rizon of the poli'ical firmament, would lie not accept the mission to England with full pow ers to negotiate and settle the Oregon ques tion ? What man more fit, or better able to ! he has left all bis papers to him,° and requests’ take tins matter in hand? He is fully ac- j him to use them in vindicating his character quainted with the subject. He has up to a ve- , should it be assailed, ry recent period, been engaged in this very ne gotiation. The whole country will willingly commit to his hands their honor and interests knowing that he would never forsake or betray TITLE TO OREGON. The English ministry attempt to make ouf their title to Oregon by right of discovery, when Spain, from whom we derive title, not only di covered but possessed the country as far as Nootka Sound, (north latitude 49.)"aud our treaty with Russia fixes the northern boun dary at 54 40 nortli latitude. Our southern boundary with Spa n, and next wiili AI tico, is 42 deg. north latitude. The mouth of the Co lumbia is about 46 deg north la'. By discov ery, by actual possession in 1811, in advance of any English settlement, and by purchase from Spain and Franco, wo became the pro prietors of the Territory. At the close of the revolutionary war England did not pretend to have any claim to Oregon, and as late as 1S26 she offered io extend the eastern Rocky Moun tain boundary fixed at the close of the war (49 deg north lat.) to the P;ic fie, asking at the same lime a transfi-r of our rights north of that line to lat 54. as defined in our treaty with Russia. This would have given E -gland five degrees, and the United Suites seven degrees if territory. Rut our overnmeut very pro perly rejected the proposition, which has been again renewed, we have reason to believe, by the Minister now at Washington. The Lon don Times says that “the tone of Mr. Polk’s address does not lead us to suppose that lie would even adhere to the ultimatum [extend ing the boundary along 49 deg north latitude.] of 1826,” and the Times is right. Ai hough that line would give us the free navigation of the iMuItonnmah and Lewis’s Rivers, (the great southern tributaries of the Columbia,) and the Columbia for two to three hundred miles fiom its mouth, it would exclude us from tlie north ern half of the Columbia river, and Irom Clark’s river, its great northern tributary, as well as from Nootka Sound and several valuable har bors along the const. Justice to posterity re quires great sacrifices to retain that territory, and howewr much we may wish no amicable settlement by negotiation, we cannot see how our government would be justified in giving up any part of it.—N. Y. Sun. Handsomely done.—A letter from Lexing ton Kv. to a gentleman-in this-place, sneaking of Air. Clay, says; ° “He (Air. Clay) has b**en largely in debt,but within the last week his entire indebtedness, (amounting to near $30,000.) was cancelled, and Iiis notes delivered to him from Bank! The great man w.is deeply affected and asked who had done this thing. ‘We know not,’ was the reply, the money was deposited to your credit and your notes are cancelled. It need not concern you who did it; it was not your enemies.” Somerville Reporter. As this matter lias been made the subject of invidious comment in Journals hostile to Mr. Clay, we shall not now violate any confidence bv stating the facts more clearly. The truth is this : Mr. Clay, who lias not. for many years, incurred or owed a debt on his own account, had involved himself by endorsing for a rela tive who becamedeeply embarrassed and fiiled. The debts came upon Mr. Clay to such an ex tent that Iiis property must have been swept a- way to p >y them. The circumstances came to the knowledge of some of Air. Clay’s political friends and admirers (few of whom knew hitn personally,) and they quietly subscribed the sum necessary to relievo him from embarrassment. The first intimation lie had of it was bv the re turn ol his cancelled notes.—N. Y. Tribune. And whereas, the President of the Dtst e( j States has selected the first anc second ^ tionsas such basis, and notified this Govp rn " ment thereof, wnich sections are as follow viz; ’ Resolved by the Senate and House ot' resentatives of the United States of America Congress assembled, That Congress doth as- sent that the territory properly included tvii|,| n and rightly Ixdongingto t he Republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, witli a Republican form o| Government, to be adopted by the p-opleof said Republic, by deputies in Convention as sembled, with the consent of the existing Guy. ernment, in order that the s one m >y be admit, ted as one of the States of this Union. 2. And be it further resolved, That ihe fore- going consent of Congress is given upon the following condition, and with the following guarantees, io wit : First. Said State to be formed subject to the adjustment by this government of all questions r of boundary that may arise with other govern, meins, and that the Constitution ; hereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption, by the peo ple of said Republic of Texas, shall be transmit, ted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before, the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. “Second, Said State when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy-yards, docks, ma*. azines, arms, armaments,and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence, belonging to said Republic of Texas, shall rc. tain all the public funds, debts, taxes, and dues of every kind which may belong to or be due and owing said Republic; and snail also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lauds lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of debts and liabilities of -said Republic of Tex as, and the residue of said debts and liabilities to be disposed of as said State inay direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities lobe- come a charge upon tlie government of the- United States. “ Third. New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addit'on to said Stale of Texas, and having sufficient popula tion. may hereafter, by the consent of sad State, be formed out of tlie territory thereof, which shall bo entitled to admission under tlie provisions of the Federal Constitution. And' such States as may be formed out of dint por tion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, common ly known ns the Alissmni compromise line, shall be admitted m o the Union, with or with- out slavery, as the people of each St fie asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of sai l territory,, north ol said Missouri compromise line, si avery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited.” And whereas, the premises, requiring the soh mn deliberation and action of ihe Represen tatives of the people, form an extraordinary oc casion fur convening the Congress of the Re public. Therefore, be it known, that I, ANSON JONES. President of the Republic of Texas, by virtue of die power vested in me by the Constitution, do, by these presents, require that the Senators and Representatives to Congress of this Republic, shall assemble in sessio , at the town of Washington, in the county of Wash ington, on Monday, the sixteenth day of Ju> e next ensuing, then and there to receive such communications as may he made to them, and to consult and determine on such measures as in their wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of Texas. [L. S.] In testimony whereof I have caused die Great Seal of ihe Republic to he hereunto affixed. Done at the town of Washing ton, this fifteenth day of April, in tlie year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and of the Independence of this Republic, the tenth. ANSON JONES. By the President: Enx'n Allen, Acting S' crefary of Slate. This news "ill be hailed with a burst of joy throughout the Union. The great national measure of annexanon is, to all meats and pur poses, accomplished !—Galveston News. linn. Edmund llurke.—By the article which we copy Irom the New Hampshire Argus, it appears that this gentleman has been called by tbe President to take charge of the Patent of fice. We can add our testimony lo that of the Argus to the ability of Air. Burke, and the use fulness ol his career in v ongress sufficiently at tests the luboriousness of Ins habits.— Globe. General Jackson's Papers.—The Globe says a letter has been received by Mr. Blair, front General Jackson, informing Mr. B. that The N. O. Picayune says: Any quantity, in bulk, ol despatches for Air. Elliott, the Brit- The Taxes are endless and enormous in Great Britain. An English writer says that the school boy whips his taxed top; the beard less youth manages his taxed horse with a tax ed bridle on a taxed road ; and the dying Eng lishman, pouring Iiis medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, wnich has paid twenty two per cent., makes Ids will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a licence of an hundred pounds for the liberty of putting him to death. His whole pro- petty is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides tlie probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in tlie chancel; his virtues are hand' d down to posterity oil taxed m irble ; and then he is gathered to his fathers to be taxed no more.—Phil. Times. An Englishman's opinion of our navy.—A shrewd writer in the London United Service Journal says : “ there is no doubt that we (ihe English,) have three powerful rivals in France, Russia, and tlie Un.ted States; but of these three the Americans are the must important upon the most distant terms.- ners of the Turks, in 1844. -Domestic man- The Mission to England.—Tlie Washington Union of Friday evening says: “We un ler- stand that the mission to London lias been offer ed to Mr. Pickens of South Carolina.” This sets at rest the infinite rumors on the subject. We have not y*fi heard of Mr. Pickens’s ac ceptance’, but know of no reason likely to in duce him to refuse. his diplomatic lalent and ability when he de clared that “ Mr. Calhoun wus the hardest man he ever had to deal with, for there was no getting round him at ail ” What man then, more fit, or lo whom do events point as better suited to ihe crisis, the position, and the duties of Minister to Eeglaud. than Mr. Calhoun ? The whole country would ratify his nomination with acclamation, ai d he, the patriot and the statesman, would waive perso nal feeling for the benefit of his country.” ish Charge to Texas, arrived Ii re yesterday. I one:i 0,1 account of their origin, their courage, They C "me out by the Caledonia,"and will ! and their even greater ent- rprise a d activity probably be forwarded bv the New York on 'han our own.” The writer then proceeds to probably Saturday. It may be fortunate for the dip] n- atist that no “Sir John Grahams” are employ ed in republican post offices, provided with false seals and stamps and oilier instruments of a craft akin to a counterfeiter’s “Do you think raw clams are healthy, Bob?” “Yes, I do.” Some folks say they are not.” “I don’t care what some folks may say, but I never knew of one in my life to complain of feeling unwell." show that our navy, though numerically inferior to that of France, and even to that of Russia, is intrinsically superior to either, and contains the germ of a great and powerful fleet. Wo have the raw material, tne w rkmen, and a suf ficient merchant navy, to arm as men of war, whenever called on to dp so. Our navy is a thing of life ; it is proci%itive ; and that <>f tbe French and Russians resembles a huge und costly machine, which once destroyed, is not easily replaced.