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AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, MAY 12.
Important accounts from Washington to the 21st ult., and
from New York to the 23d inclusive, have been received this
day by the packet ship Liverpool, Capt. Eldridge.
We learn by these advices that the Oregon notice passed
by the Senate had been amended by the House of Represen-
tatives. The amended form was rejected by the Senate, then
insisted upon by the House, and, ultimately, committees of
conference were appointed by the two Houses to compromise
the dispute. The members of the Senate Committee were
Messrs. Berien, Hayward, • and Corwin ; those of the House,
Messrs. Ingersoll, Owen, and Hilliard. The amendments of
the House of Representatives were as follow:
Where, in the Senate resolution, one object of giving the
notice was declared to be, " that the attention of the two
Governments may be more earnestly and immediately de-
voted to renewed efforts for the amicable adjustment of all
their differences and disputes in respect to said territory," the
House substituted—" be the more earnestly directed to the
importance of a speedy adjustment of all their differences and
disputes in respect to said territory." The word " amicable,"
it will be observed, is here stricken out. The second section
of the Senate resolution authorises the President, at his dis-
cretion, to give the notice; the House proposes to authorise
and request the President to give the notice—the phrase " at
his discretion," beinisbstricken out.

Should the Committee of Conference fail to arrive at an
understanding, and the Senate still refuse to " recede" from
its disagreement, the notice will entirely fail.
On the 18th ult. the Oregon Occupation Bill passed the
House of Representatives in the following amended shape—
ayes, :03 ; nays, 46 :

" A Bill to protect the rights of American settlers in the ter-
ritory of Oregon until the termination of the joint occu-
pation of the same.
" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
that the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the territory of
lowa, and the laws of said territory, so far as the same may
be applicable, as they now exist, are hereby extended over
all that portion of the territory of the United States which
lies west of the Rocky Mountains ; and also over all that
portion of the intermediate country west of the Missouri
river, and between the 40th and 43d parallels of north lati-
tude. Provided, that this Act shall not be construed nor exe-
cuted in such a manner as to deprive the subjects of Great
Britain of any of the rights and privileges secured by the
treaty signed in London, October 20, 1818, and continued in
force by the treaty of August 6. 1827.
" Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that all the country
described in the first section of this Act shall constitute one
judicial district, and a district court shall be held therein by
the judge to be appointed under this Act, at such times and
places as he shall designate; and the said court shall possess
all the powers and authority vested in the present district
courts of the said territory of lowa. An additional justice of
the supreme court of the territory of lowa shall be appointed,

who shall hold his office by the same tenure, receive the same
corn' )ensation, and possess the same powers and authority as
are conferred by law upon the other justices of the said court,
and who shall hold the district courts in the said district as
aforesaid.
" Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that the President be
hereby authorised to appoint the requisite number of jus-
tices o:f the peace and such Ministerial officers as shall be
necess; iry for the due execution of the laws: Provided, that
any subject of Great Britain who shall be arrested under tha
provisi ons of this Act, for crime alleged to have been com-
mitted within the territory of the United States west of the
Rocky Mountains, while the same remains free and open to
the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the United States and of
Great Britain, pursuant to stipulations between the two
Powers, shall be delivered up fof trial, on proof of his being
such :British subject, to the nearest and most convenient
authorities having cognisance of such offence by the laws of
Great Britain.
" S ec. 4. And be it further enacted, that provision shall
hereafter be made by law to secure and grant to every white
person, male or female, over the age of 18 years, 320 acres of
land; and to every white person, male or female, under
the nos of 18 years, 160 acres of land, who shall have resided
in the, said territory described in the first section of this Act
for five consecutive years, to commence within three years
from the passage of this'Act ; provided, the said land ,shall
be located in said territory.
"See. 5. And be it further enacted, that there shall be ap-
pointeec, in the manner provided by law for similar officers,
a superintendent of Indian affairs, and such Indian agents
and snb-agents as shall be necessary for the public interests,
to whom may be entrusted, under the direction of the Presi-
dent, and in accordance with the existing laws, so far as they
may be consistent with the purport of this Act, the regula-
tion of trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and the
execution of the laws herein extended over the country de-
scribed in the first section of this Act.
"Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, that the President be,
and he is hereby authorised to cause to be erected such block-
houses, stockades, or military posts, as shall be necessary to
protect emigrants, settlers, and traders, on the route to and in
the territory of Oregon, against Indian depredations and
aggressions, and to furnish such ammunition and supplies as
shall be necessary to their defence.
" Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, that a post route be esta-
blished from Fort Leavenworth, vid Grand Island, on the
Platte river, Fort Laramie, the South Pass of the Rocky
Mountains, Fort Hall, Fort Boise, Fort Wallawalla, and
Oregon city, on the Willamette river, to Astoria, at the
mouth of the Columbia river, on the Pacific Ocean.
" Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, that it shall be the
duty of the Postmaster-General to cause the United States
mail to be transported on the said route from Fort Leaven-
worth to Astoria and back, at least once a month, by such
means of conveyance as he may deem most advantageous to
the public service, and on the best terms that can be obtained
by contract, in the mode now provided by law for the trans-
portation of the United States mail. Provided, that if, in
the opinion of the President of the United States, it be expe-
dient to cause the mail on the route aforesaid to be carried
by detachments of mounted men in the service of the United
States, he may order the said mail to be carried in that way,
instead of having it transported by contract, as above provided.
" Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, that the sum of
100,000 dolls. be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to
carry the provisions of this Act into effect."

(From the New York Sun.)
OREGON NOTICE.—The Senate resolutions, in dissolving
a treaty which had preserved peace between the two Govern-
ments for twenty-eight years, expressed an opinion favour-
able to the "amicable" adjustment of the disputes which
must of necessity grow out of the abrogation of that treaty;
and they also left the notice in the hands of the President,
who has charge of the negotiation, and is therefore best able
to judge of the proper time for giving it. But the House of Re-
presentatives struck out the clause favourable to an amicable
adjustment of disputes, and COMMANDED the President to give
the notice. The Senate resolutions, in matter and form, were
not adopted hastily or unadvisedly. They were the result
of council, deliberation and understanding. The majority
had agreed that a notice of some kind ought to be adopted, to
settle the question definitely, and not leave it open to
future contingencies. Above all, the Senate wished
to save the American people from the very deli-
cate position in which an agitation of the question and the
movements of political parties might hereafter place the
country. The Government has full power to act in the mat-
ter now, but leave the question unsettled to the next presi-
dential election ; let us have a war candidate and a peace
candidate, with direct issues before the people, and what will
be the result ? In November, 1848, the people will vote for
a President—for war or peace—the whole of Oregon or none-
-49 or 54 40 ! The result of that election, sup-
posing it favourable to war and 54 40, will be known
in England sometime in December, three months before the
successful party comes into office ; and does any man in his
senses suppose that England would wait for us to carry out
the policy thus sanctioned by the people? No, while we
lay comparatively helpless, without preparation of any kind,
she would be prepared, and the laws of nations would autho-
rise her to strike. Although the first blow would be severe,
we know our people too well to doubt their ability
to inflict terrible and tenfold retribution upon the
enemy. But when would such a struggle terminate ?
Not in three, nor five, nor ten years. It would be a long and
bloody contest, which other nations and other tongues would
reap the benefit of. While America and England were de-
stroying each other, other nations would be built up by the
ruin of the British empire, or the poverty of the American
republic. Here, then, is the evil which the Senate wished
to guard against, and the resolutions they proposed
had the sanction of those best acquainted with the posi •
tion and probable results of the negotiation, including
the Executive himself. A fearful responsibility now rests
upon the Senate. That branch of the Government must
adhete to the position it assumed with so much deliberation
and forethought. Questions like the Oregon, which belong
only to the treaty making power, should never be brought
into the arena of party politics, and we "look to the Senate,"
with confidence in its wisdom, for some movement calculated
to bring this matter to a close at an earlier day than that
contemplated even by the giving of the notice.
A rumour from the frontier, similar to the one we gave
yesterday, is alluded to by the New Orleans Picayune of
the 14th. An attempt was made in New Orleans to
give currency to an impression that an action had
taken place and our troops defeated, but it was
treated with derision. As to the Congressional elec-
tion in Texas, thus far, Williams has 968, Pellsbury,
861; Cooke, 804. Captain Haiglier, formerly a member of
the Texian Congress from San Patricio, was shot through
the heart by a Mr. Pool at Goliad. Pool was arrested. It
was said to have been in an affray.

The charges against Mr. Webster had fallen into universal
discredit, and had recoiled upon Mr. Ingersoll with most
damaging effect. On the 20th ult. a message was received
from the President, in the House, in response to the resolution
calling for the accounts of the disbursements of the secret
service fund, which Mr. Webster was accused of having
appropriated in part to his own use, and in part applied to
improper purposes. The • President refused to send
the accounts' vouchers, and replied that by a law
of 1810 this fund had been used by the President,
upon his certificate only, without any account or
statement of the object ; that the amount used
during Mr. Webster' administration of the State Depart-
ment was only 5,169 dolls.; that he could send President
Tyler's certificates, upon which the money was drawn, but
that they would furnish no means whatever of judging of
the propriety of the expenditure, or even of its objects. In
a case of impeachment a Committee could examine the con-
fidential papers, but the executive would not, upon any light
occasion, allow them to be published, for it would destroy
the object of the fund. He had not yet used any of the fund,
but should not hesitate to do it if occasion required. No
President would use the fund except in extreme cases.
Mr. Ingersoll then alleged that Mr. Webster proposed a
special mission to settle the Oregon question and make a
commercial treaty. Mr. Webster had denied this, and Mr.
Adams, being appealed to declared as chairman at that time
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, that Mr. Ingersoll's
allegations were utterly untrue and unfounded. The affair
ended in the President's message establishing the failure of
Mr. Ingersoll's charges being printed.
The President, in 'a message communicated to the House
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The prospects of the Sub• Treasury Bill in the Senate had
assumed a doubtful aspect ; and it was thought that, should
it pass that body, it would be in an amended and ame-
liorated form. The New York Chamber of Commerce had
petitioned against it.
No advance had been made with the Tariff Bill.

The American journals publish, in extenso, the correspond-
ence which has passed between the Mexican Executive and
Mr. Slidell. The documents add nothing to material to the
information we already possess.
_ _

" By the latest accounts from the army of Occupation,"
says the New York Herald of the 23d ult. :

" We learn that the Mexican army is now 8,000 strong
and continually increasing. To oppose this large force we
have about 3,000 men, who, by daily desertion and sickness,
are decreasing fast. To increasb our difficulties, the Mexican
authorities have committed an act which, in all probability,
will lead to a general engagement between the two armies.
It appears that two men, who were the videttes thrown out
by the advanced guard of dragoons, have been captured by
the Mexicans ; and, on being demanded by General Worth,
who proceeded with a flag of trace for the purpose, the

Mexican officers who answered him declined to convey any
propositions to their commander until the American army
should withdraw from its present position. This, of course,
was not done. Meanwhile the greatest activity appeared to
prevail in the Mexican camp. Four redoubts were thrown
up in one day and one night, in expectation, no doubt, of a
general engagement."

The New Orleans papers mention a rumour that General
Taylor, in au action with the Mexican forces, had sustained
a defeat. The statement was entirely discredited.
The Caldedonia had arrived at Boston on the 20th ult.
,The Unicorn had left that port for Halifat on the preceding
day.

Lake Champlain was clear of ice, and navigation Wi
shortly be resumed.

1 Our accounts from Canada are of much importance, and
bring reports of a probable resignation of the Ministry,
in consequence of an adverse majority in the House of
Assembly. The House was in Committee on the proposed
repeal of the duty of 3s. per quarter now levied on wheat
from the United States, such repeal having been suggested
in a dispatch from the home Government. The Ministry
advocated the repeal. A postponement of the subject, moved
by Mr. Merritt, was opposed by the Ministry, but carried by
a majority of 7; whereupon Mr. Draper, the Attorney-
General, moved that the House adjourn, in order that he
might have time to consult with his colleagues as to the
course they should pursue. The papers anticipate a resig-
nation, as we have said, but those which support the Ministry
express their belief that it will not be accepted by Lord
Cathcart.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
SALES AT STOCK BOARD, APItIL 22.
1000 U S G's 62 - -
10000 Illinois spcl. -
1000 Indiana bds.
1000 Ditto (new) -
5000 Penna. s's- -
2000 Readg. bds. -
50 Bk. Comp. scp. -
5 Am. Ex. Bank -
30 Ohio L. and T, -
150 Mor Canal
50 E. Boston - -
50 Farm Trust -
650 L. Island R. -
275 Nor. and Wor. -
50 Stonnington R. -
150 Harlem R. -
100 Reading

- - 107%
- - 35

" - 36
- - 66%
- , 93 71

8534 -
.. 94
13%
- b6O 14%
- 63 2394
32%
ch. 53%

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SECOND BOARD.

45000 Ohio G's 'GO
50 Morris Canal
200 Harlem R.
150 Nor. and Wor.
At the Board to-day Reading Railroad advanced 1 ; Morris Canal
Company % ; Canton Company and Norwich and Worcester Rail-
road % ; Long Island Railroad % ; and Pennsylvania bonds and
Harlem Railroad lA.—II. S. Sixes closed at yesterday's prices.
At the Public Board, Norwich and Worcester Railroad advanced
%, and Farmers' Trust closed at yesterday's prices.
EXCHANGE—Foreign—We quote bills on London at 109Ma109% ; Paris 5E 271% %; Amsterdam 39% a 3934 ; ,Hamburg 35% a 35% ;
Bremen 78%a75%.

NEW YORK MARKETS, APRIL 22.
Sales of about 50 bbls potash at 3 dols. 8734 c., And 50 bbls pearls
at 4 dols. 18% c.

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Flour is dull. Holders ask 4 dols 37% c. for Vtllltsee, but we hear
of no sales. In grain no transactions are reported.
Sales of from GOO to 960 bales cotton are reported to-day, a portion
to fill orders for French account. Some sales have been made at old
prices, and others at %c. to C. per lb. lower.
The market for provisions is without animation, and we do not hear
of any transactions worth reporting.

SPORTING INTELLIGENC E.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEWMARKET, TUESDAY EVENING.
LATEST BETTING.
The Suffolk Stakes.
sto 2 agst Alamode I 7to 2 agst Maynooth
No others mentioned.
The following are scratched :—Corranna, Best Bower, and
Lady Wildair.

DEBY.
14 to 1 agst John Day's Lot—tß
30 to 1 agst Brocaxdo-40 to 1
7 to 2 agst Sting laid to 50L
6 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 33 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First
—taken
40 to 1 agst Poynton—taken
11 to 1 agst Tom Tullock 40 to 1 agst The Traverser
12 to 1 agst Fancy Boy—taken 40 to 1 agst West Country-
-15 to 1 agst Humdrum—taken man
20 to 1 agst Crown Prince 66 to I agst Maid of Hampton
30 to 1 agst Pen colt—taken Court

OAKS.
6 to 1 agst Vanish—taken 18 to 1 agst Mendicant—taken
ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Plate, A.F.
Beaumont, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Solace, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Ridi.
culus Mus, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Caroline, 4 yrs, Bst ; Sister to
Flambeau, 3 yrs, 7st ; Prospect, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ; Lebanon,
3 yrs, Est 101 b ; Tit-bit, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Sharpshooter, 3 yrs,
6st 31b ; Side Saddle, 3 yrs, 6st.
Jockey Club Plate, B.C.
Kesheng, 4 yrs ; Maynooth, 4 yrs.
The 10 soy. Sweepstakes did not fill.
The Ganymede filly has been named Libation.
New match for Friday :—Bishop of Romford's cob, Bst 121 b,
against Paultons, 7st 121 b. T.Y.C. 100.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
DERBY.-7 to 2 agst Sting, 6to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes
(taken and afterwards offered), 11 to 1 agst Fancy
Boy (taken), 11 to 1 agst Tom Tullock, 20 to 1
agstHumdrum (t), 20 to 1 agst Traverser, 25 to 1 agst
Princeroear,d3oo(
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1,000 to 25 agst West CountrymanHamptoncolt (t),
OAKS.-7 to 1 agst Vanish (t, freely.) No other named.

Gill, of Coventry, and Norley, of' Mch
yesterday at Withy-green, 15 miles from Oxford, fan
or ester
500/. ' fought
Gill Wou
after 4 hours and 7 minutes' combat.
ROYAL YACHT SQllADRON.—Viscount Seahatn and
the Earl of Hardwicke have been elected members.
The number of visitors at the Horticultural Gardens
at Chiswick, on Saturday, was 5,022.
The ice of the Neva broke up in the night of the 10th ,
ult., and in the afternoon of the Ilth had become so far cleared away,
that the governor of the fortress of St. Petersburgh crossed the river
in a boat under a salvo of artillery, announcing that the navigation
was again open. The river has this season been impassable for only
117 days, being not more than 14 days longer than the shortest period
within the last 127 years.