Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-12-06
FOREllN NEWS.

4 | Ea"FF 'f FfE %tTEFh It'FAf#'A 49, sEH'F'f
souit has resigned bis ]eItuation a. secretary
u war 10 the Ftoneb cpbtnet, A New o.
lesns ~yassel, commanded by Captain Chtlds'
haa been lost vi BORDEAUX, but her crew aud
Pa%aa6rgefs have been saved,
The cotton market waa dali, with 4 Ffhd-
ual decline Tho ratios tof Mobile were ~ to
~, tr New Orleans u to6ad
The Delta romafka "lbe apprehension
hing entertained, VI failure IN tie corn crop
of England, hts been verified, On The eun,t-
oeat, The djscape, ~ plague amoag the pess
toaF, has mads Il impossible Iof the Brtttsh
empire 10 receive ehy extensive RupplIea at
corn from the North Of n lrope =tha great
food producing section Of tho Eastern can}t=
neht, In IRELAND, there IL Il population Of
e,2u0,Ouo, Thia ihmunRe population aerHs
pes 2O,sGe ,3sl aereH, II which. mbuHt8In aud
tug occupy about eue.i0h fbia afea,i8 but
little gvef one=half Of our State Of Missouri,
which contains as, be5 900 acres. With d p0ps
aIattoR Of little over half million. Sis mil.
ItoHs Of the Inhabitants or Lelandl have little
rlse ~ eat throughout the year than potatoes,
The potato crop ot Ireland le deficient QUE
third. Two millions IT people, therefore,
must ftofve, uaDeas relieved by foreign sup
plies. Tho seartlty Ia England and on The
continent, will add 10 tie evil"
rRrspEsr PuLk's MEtuAGE-Wc end
IN the New York Courier an Enquirer the
following IN relation 10 the expected ateaaage,
The Tones Of Tho 30th has q luag leading
editorial on the Forthcoming PrcOtdent's Mee.
sage, Seldom, 1t sage. has n document OF
that character had "moro momehtoua topics
10 deal with, more important doubts to re~
move, more hidden things TO reveal" Ii
expresses lie le!ief, TINT nothing ia TO be
hoped from arbitration, hut eayS that
"fhe actual value Of The country ia not 80
great, but that terna might be eaaily hit up~
IN and hbnorahly accepted IN let the sane
ton If the III ri Power, The queattnn,
therefore, seems to be- narrowed 10 the alter
natives Of arbitration or eventual war; and
the reluctance OF Americans 10 submit their
claims 10 arbitration, implies q want Of cons
tdeneo in their validity, which certainly
does not sun rjfa liz, since We are tortnen-
ted by no such doubts Of gu" own rights and
England In perfectly willing 10 abide by tho
impartial judgment Of tho world.
II proceeds to cay, that President Polk 10
under the necessity Of consulting the de-
mands Of HE party, rather than those Of lus-
tiec, and adds $50
Bur, In epite of the folly and violence Of
many Of The s~eettons Of this party, II muat be
acknowledged by the most desperate among
them that the possibility Of maritime war Ia
not he lightly dealt with that the o%stoosi-
bio d ieetsI aFslrh a wal are contemplate and
dispracohi; and that thu effects OF a state
of war, whatever its termination might be,
would ho equally Injurious 10 the interests
and the ljhorlica af the commonwealth. The
will alwaye shout at tho begtEntng
III a war and II The end Of one; but 10 carry
m haslilttias Ia To endure prtvations, 10 I'm
pnse burdens, 10 encounter rcvergcs, TO mod.
crate successes, aud 10 apply the resoursea
fthe country with q most resoln'e head
,ad an unbendnig arm; and We doubt wheth-
" an American Glvernnant, As Mt present :
constituted, could stand at all under the q
tremendous pressure oI the unpopularity A. '
Using out If those sacrifices and accidents 10 Q
which all States NAV III war be exposed d
rbe Government ct a President tf the Uni. d
cd States lie therefore in reality more heav- !
" pledged than that II any other State to Il
esiFt lie passions Of the people, which "
i~ntallibly turn rotnd upon It's own u
ulers whenever il began 10 feel the conse. II
.uences Of their imprudence and the real
interests of the nation, as we'll as the fixed n
rincipIes Of public duty, will at least not Z
g sacrificed with impubity. f.
Should arbitration be rejected, the Times p
avs il matters little whether the abrogation p
{ the existing arrangement for the joint &C. q
OF the territory proceeds from Great Il
ar from in the United States, pi
Under existing circumstance, since emf
ration has been going ON 10 a considerable III
xtent west Of the Rocky Mountains, and the U
ew settlers there carry out all the angry i
which throaten,to embroil thsir res ht
countries, the system Of iuiat occu.
ancy il mere blind for aggression and in J..
end Of being on admission OF a concurrent ~
Fhls, is a practical denial of one. The q
lsition Of the Hudson's Bay Company is one oe
occupation and defence; and unless a pc
ne Of provisional demarcation can be agreed o.
pom, Il is scarcely possible that a collision 2
lould long be sverIed, |"
Some important allusions, says the Courier .
I'd Enquirer, TO the intervention Of France ie
I'd England in the affairs Of the river Platte, ne
e looked fer. That Interference the Times 81
by representing il as intended to put :,
] end 10 an interference Of the most arbi- "
airy kind, namely, the invasion Of the Ban 81
Orientale BY Oribe, at the head Of Rosas' IN
That attempt to impose a Government
BON Mon'oVideo by force, il says, is what 4,
rance and England ace determined TO re. ~
ST. The intimations thrown out, that the Ne
States will lake any action in refer ~
lco TO this matter, and their sensitiveuers ~
the subject, are treated with ridiculo. ?"
he Timer, says: w
$50 lively are the sptnpathies Of the whole u
continent that it il. Impossible to I"
plure a gun-boat in the Plata, without "a
wing a shock 10 the system which presses "
the doral nerve OF the Isthnus Of Dari- q
!, and is severely felt at Washington" az
IRELAND-Accopnts OF the potatoe h.
ops are alarming. The failure IL dreadful. tn
slares the people full in the face. III
he Dublin authorities have directed their pr
.ention to the subject, The reports of the =,
mmissioners are ofthe mist discauraging up
ture. The consequences, Il is feared. sa
lst be terrible. The repeal agsation con- Il n
iuea. Numerous manster meetings have TED
ten place 0'Connell, in a speeck to the fro
isens of Dublin, urged a cali upon Gov. Ick
lment to open the ports, stop distilIeries, ~