The Arkansas banner., 1844-12-04

ot the word, he tells us that .the Texas opes- lIon IS bubble, blown by Mir. Tyler. that Iad burst, and hurt no body but Mr. Van Buren, If itd did affect Mir. Van Buren. what others hopes has 1t crushed, and what others political life has it ended "Oh! miserable deluslon ot mans pride!'' Mr. Clay may well exclaim, since the sovereign will of the people repudiates both him and his opinions and proves to him, that he is neither Ca pro- Plet nor the son of a prophet" but simply the 'Alll-boy of the Slashes,r s.the farmer of Ashland," and the ''lather of the American System," who has thrice offered himself to the people for their sufrages and been thrice feIected,-and last, because of the bursting ot mere bubblel His political life has been spent III delightful wranglings and joyous as plrations, and ended in miserable political death; like the drama of Greece, which con- menced with comedy and ended in tragedy.
 Huntsville Democrat
 WESTERN TRAVEL AND TRADE-We are highly gratifed to learn from the Pittsburg papers, says the Baltimore American, that the important work of rendering the Monon- ganela river naYigable for steamboats of the inst class, at all seasons of the year except a few weeks in winter, when closed by ice. has just been completed. This desirable object has been effected by the erection of four substantial dams at suitable points in the river, with spacious locks for the pass age of steamboats The distance from Pitts burg to Brownsville by this route is fiftv-fve miles, and the head of navigation is thus transferred to point just so much nearer to the sea board The land carriage from the present Western terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Cumberland, to Browns vile, is only seventy-three miles-and the two points are connected by the great Ma tional Turnpike, one of the finest roads in the Union.
 LAKE CoMMEBcE-BuGalo Bay, lsays the Commercial Advertiser of the 9th inst |. never presented a more beautiful display of sail craft than 1t now does from this civ The lake Is smooth, mild N November sun is reflected from its surface as from a mirror. and yet there Is breeze enough to fill the sails of some forty or fifty vessels, all heavi- ly laden with goods, and bound for the great and fruitful West. The commerce of these inland seas is already four times as large as the whole foreign colonial trade of the thir- teen revolting Provinces in l775. And vet this internal trade isno only i'll its infancy. IL is less than 1.-the of what 1t will be in few years, provided the Erie Canal shall be enlarged, lake harbors shall be constructed, and the works of internal improvement i'll the new States shall be completed.
 The statistics of the Commerce of Alba ny show gratifying increase. On Saturday there were ninety-iive sail of sloops and sehooners at the whafves, besides the usual number of steamboats and toWboats. The arrivals and clearauces of canal boats were last year, an average of eighty per day, and will this year considerably increase.
 NEWS FROM OREGON AND SANTA FEE.
 The Western Expositor, of Saturday last, the arrival of Mr. Wm. Gipin, at St. Louis, from Oregon. Mr. Gilpin passed the winter amonst the American settlements of the Wallamete and the adjacent sea coast, and he describes them as enjoying prosperity when he Jeff them in April last The emi- grant party of l843, which he accompanied, arrived at their destination in November last, 'atterhaying braved and ouercoale unparalleled dangers and difficulties from savages, from thirst, from hunger-crossngp parched, treeless angry rivers, and forcing their wagons through a thoasa1d miles of fnouaiaiHs declared impossible by the most experienced guides and yoyagers'' This accession swell led the population of Oregon to upwards of 2000, and they had formed a government elected officers, established courts and areeord of land titles. ':Farms, he says, ''frechle the plains; towns are springing up at convenient points upon the rivers a dozen excellent mills supply lumber and flour for home use and export; the fisheries are not ne- glected, and the lands are surveyed col lege, numerous schools, and several churches are scattering education amongst the young. Money has been sent to New ' ork for q printing press and Steam engine. Cattle and stock of all kinds are accommodating and rar- idly increasing under mild climate and un- failing pastures Provisions of all kinds nre abundant of the most excellent quality and moderate prices"
 Mir. Gilpin passed the trading fort of Bridger and Vasquez on the 18th of August. This fort is one hundred miles west of Green river and exactly half way from Independence to the Wallamelte. The American trapperg scat tered amongst the mountains, had there col Iected to meet the emigrants of last spring, an advanced party of whom, with their wag- ons and cattle, passed on the l7th, two days later than the emigration of the preceding year. Two larger companies behind, under Gen. Gillian and Col. Ford, passed subse- quently, and all in good time to reach the settlements before the setting in of the winter.
 Col. Owens, of Independence, arrived at Santa Fe in advance of his wagons on the 10th Of September, and was received with great eelat by the citizens. The wagons of Messrs. Bant and St Vrain were at Walnut creek on the Sd of October. Dr. Connolly with his wagons, bound to Chihuahua, was at Ash creek on the 9th, and Mf. Speyers at the Osage camp, on the Arkansas, 8 miles in his rear, All these expeditions were travelling