Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-31

Hte tHdl Auc cetIctaiJ VI th0 navy IN MIS-
annual report recommends Qn effect) Tia.
the cbimerical project Of establishing ma.
Wy yard at Memphis, for the construction
Of vessels of war, be abandoned, and that
the appropriations be restricted to The es.
adjustment Of rope-walk and hemp fac.
tory. The Secretary, in his admirable. In.
sIness-ike document, gives Memphis .the
cold shoulder" in the most approved man.
ner, much to the chagrin OF our bre,hren
o the quill, and sundry expectants 81 "a,
government jobs, Whereabouts. Congress-
will doubtless concur in his views. An
expenditure of two millions of dollars in
preparations to build war vessels, at poin,
thousand miles from salt water, with but
hazardous chance to get the vessels into
the briny element after they are built, is an
excess of folly, to carry out which, even
the potent power Of political log-rolling
will be insufficient.
ne Secretary recommends several sa-
lutaly reforms in the naval service, not ths
Ieastimportant of which is, that promotions
be hereafter made by dissemination, not BY
age in the service, Why not 90 further
and recommend thai all stations in the ma
Wy be held as the reward of good conduct.
merit and bravery! Why may not the
door of promotion be opened TO all! WHY
should not the humblest sailor-boy before
the mast be allowed to rise on his merit to
be the commander Of Republican man-oE4
war, or the commodore Of squadron p.
Such a reform would be in accordance with
our free institutions-with the spirit Of the
age. AS it now is, the differing of the
navy is in reality an exclusive perquisite
of the g better orders" Ian eating branch
of the public service, where the degene.
rate spawn of broken down scrub-aristo-
cracy may be pensioned off on the public.
The Secretary recommends liberal Apr
priations for the navy yard at Pensacola,
the point destiHed to be .he future great
naval depot of the Gulf Of Mexico.
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DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE cor
respondence between Secretary Buchanan
and the British Minister, Mr.. Packenhan,
on the Oregon question, is published at
length in the Washington Union, The
correspondence closed on the 30th Au-
gust, We do not discover in this cores
pondence any thing SO extraordinary as %
entite its authors to the extravagant eulo-3
gums passed upon them by the Union
We copy below The conclusionof Mr.. Buch,
anan's lastletter;
"Such a. proposition as that which has
been made, never would have been anlho-
rized By the President, had This been a
new question.
Upon his accession to office, he found
the present negotiation pending. L had
been instituted in the spirit and upon the
principle Of compromise. Its object, as
avowed by the negoiiators, was not to de-
mand the whole territory in dispute for
either country; but in the language Of The
first protocol /" TO treat Of the respective
claims of the two countries to the Oregon
territory, with the view 10 establish per-
manent boundary between them westward
Of the Rocky mountains to the Pacihc
ocean"
Placed in this position, and considering
that Presidents Monroe and Adams had
on former occasions, offered to divide the
territory in dispute by the forly-nlnth par
allel Of latitude, he felt il 10 be bis duty
not abruptly to arrest the negotiation; but
so far 10 Weld his opinion as once more %
make similar offer
Not only respect for the conduct Of bis
predecessors, but sincere and anxious
1 desire to promote peace and harmony Oe-
tween the two countries, influenced him 10
pursue this course. The Oregon question
presents the only intervening cloud which
iu,ercepts the prospect Of long career Of
mutual friendship and beneficial commerce
between the two nations, and this cloud ne
desired to remove.
These are The reasons which aclaatea
the President to offer a proposition 50 Y
berai to Great Britain.
And how has this proposition been re-
ceiyed by the British plenipo,eniiarys y
has been rejected without even refer
ence TO his own government. Nay, more
the British penipotentiary, TO use his own "
language, trusts that the American Pc
nipoientiary will be prepared 10 offer some some
further proposal for the settlement Of lne
Oregon question, more consistenfsoifh faT-
ness and equity, and NTH the reasonable
expectations Of The British government
4 Under such circumstances, the under
signed is instructed BY The President 70 say
,h.t ~ a,yas "A ~ h;s ,,,p, country and a