Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-27

THE BRITISH NEN SPAPLRS gives no
tee OF great activity ia al! Inc dspsrtment Il
the Admiralty. A Portsmouth Journal ,,y,
- iarse auSme ntetiun ~ the number ui
artisans and laborera IN all our dock yarls
wlli take place immediately. 10 l,ss than
10 alhiiohal az ord red To p, entered in this
dock yaid--nam Is. l1D ship wrights. 80
lo.icts, - Caulher,, Is smiths 100 laburcr,
- myers, aml 3 rope m,k,r,' Iahorers.-
The nope makers are also To ba aueul .utcd
an l several stout bty5 ar, Co h. aJniitte,. ia
thio department.. WITH t, Increased fore.
Tour large war steamers are tu u bnilt UNION
the designs respective of Mr. Fiuthan. the
master shipwright and Nj. White. OF Cdwcs.
IheSc Vessels We ar informed will b. GOT
oii the stocks with all possible DESPATCH
The additional ioree IS cugegrd lor six months
al the same wage as tie other artisans. A
daily report Is ordered tn bc made OF the state
ol the advanced Thirty sails OF the line: and
all stores not perisllablc, ana iurniur, not Ii.
able to detrrlorL,e b. bring a(loat. are to- b.
put on board as convenient. The steam guar,
SHIPS are to I've brought forward immediately
IN Tact. some ot them have ALREADY been ,akcr
! nj land. Notice for tenders from eiiellcer
has been issued and the temdcrs for screw
machinery for these steam guard ships will b,
sent into the Admiralty from The ,ariou!
firms after the LIST of next month.
! The object of all these warIikc preparation,
we shall not guess at. ], Ia rather evident
however, too evident to require a guess. thd
they could be employed against the United
States 1t rupture should arise between "A.
and Great Britain. In yiew OF this fact i
might occur 10 occur TO our Government
hen Congress meets that the passage of tho
! Oregon bill should not take piece without
some torcthought as To probable results. Ii i,
the belief otsonic tlatii lie hin DIE last scs
sion should become law, a war with England
might, probably enough follow. Such re-
suit, at all events, would not b. beyond the
! range Of contingencies. We quoted the 9th
er day from the Washington correspondence
! oi the Charleston Courier. The bill. We
quote now from The sane authority. (which
passed the House at the last session and failed
III the Senate. would have brought the ones.
tion TO crisis. That bill not only extended
our jurisdiction OYER Oregon tn', asserted ott
ccc@Sloe jurisdiction accompanied by military
occupation. That bill was paramount 10 dec
larauon of war! lfGreat Britain could stand
That and keep quiet the probability is that she
would suffer Us TO take Canada and Cuba
But that identical jW, assure you, will pas.
Congress at the coming session, and eally i'm
The session. The moment il passes we had
better commence preparation FOX defensive
war"
We have no knowledge whatever of the basis
udon which this assurance of the passage OF
the "idcHitcGl biz is given. The suggestion
In the last sentence viii commend itself to
consideration. Congress will no doubt weigh
well the sol lnn responsibility resting upon
its actionin dis mater.
Bali. american.
And why, let us ask, should not that iden-
teal bill pass congress- Mr.. Polk is Presi-
dent, who DECLARED it to be ours and ours
alone, Officially, and can Congress do d,ihsr.