The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1845-11-14
Foreign Intelligence.

from which port sle sailed on the 10th
October.
The most important INTEL 'gence is that
which relstss 10 the English market, the
effect OF which must be TO still further in
cre,se the price of breads,ufTs in this
country. The New York Tribune speak.
ing Of the English market, says States,
man.
sThepricc Of corn i, rising rapidly
The weather has been rel cIied, and large
patches Of uncut grain are exposed to the
elements, 10 the north part Of England
and In Scotland. Damp corn enhances
the prios offne wheat, and those who hold
the latter, calculate on q further rise -
The money market shows symptoms Of
waveripg, consols have declined one rer
cent, aud the value Of money is higher
The iron trate 10 brisk, and prices advan.
cling, Tie produce market (sugar, rum,
snolasses, wool, coffee, is firm with slight
advances in some articles"
Tie following extract from an English
paper, shows that England is preparing
for war ,oith The United States, whatever
may be the opinion Of the writer as to
the wisdom OF such conduct on the part Of
the two countries:
London Oct. l9.-The dock yards and
naval arsenals Of England exhibit extra.
ordinary activity at the present moment.
In many Of tie outroris, steam frigates.o
the largest class have been ordered by the
government TO be ready by fixed period,
according to the contracts, snl the bull
ders have been bound down in heavy PEN
altIes 10 have them, like the old Commo.
dore in the song, eft for sea-" at the re-
guired time. The contractors have re-
Gently been informed by the Admiralty,
that the penalties will be 'gidly enforced,
10 the event Of failure as to time.
In addition, surveys are being made Of
the coast and OF the ou'rorts, and pIepa.
fations are also being made for placing
the whole in a position of the greatest
strength and impregnabiIity. But the na-
tural inquiry is, whence this warlke ac-
tivity! What is the occasion that de,
mapds IL We ere al peace white world;
cur ships ride quietly on every sea; the
foreign relations Of the country wenr
pacific appearance. With all the great
powers OF Europe we are apparently on
the most friendly terms-nol ripple dis
turbs the calmness of the ocean wave
What, then, can be in the wind which in
dicaes this strange and unnatural pre-,
scince Of the storm! With the exception
Of the Misunderstanding in the Rio de la
Plata, TO which France, equally with our
selves, is a party, there is nothing palpa,
BILE TO vulger ken in this galvanic move
ment in the arsenals and on the sea. board
Those who profess TO see further into a
millstone than their neighbors, point to tie
"far west"-to Oregon, for solution OF
the mystery.
President Polk, say they, is determin.
ed to have the disputed territory, ire
spective Of the consequences. The spr.
it of his inaugural address. the same au-
thorities add, actuates the President and
bis democratic Congress. The cOmpari-
tive weakness of the wings in the House,
as well as in the Senate, and the strong
feelings which influence large portion
of the citizens of the United States, on this
question, are adduced as potent reasons
e. a. ha f,r
onslaught, Of which the dock. yarks of
British at the present moment, give in
bubble prcof. The preparations 10 which
we allude are matters of fact; whether
the Inference deduced therefrom be cor.
rect, is another question.
But the quiduuncs, who are never at a
loos for reasons on which to bnild spec
nlatien, however absurd, instance the fact
Of Mr.. Everett having declined an invita-
ton to public demonstration in Boston,
on his return home, because he could not
speak except of vague generali,ies. with
out violating official confidence, as proof
that the relations Of the two countries,
arising ont Of the Oregon, are critical, and
likely to involve the last alternative--war.
We mention these circumstances, because
they aoat on the political and conversation
airy gossip, without at all endorsing them
with our own identity or approval. Our
own opinion is, that fight about the Or
egon territory, would be one of tie most
reckless and insane exhibitions, that the
civilized world ever witnessed, and yet
the facts stares every one in the face, that
the governments of both countries are
committed 10 hostilities, il either carries
out the mepaces Of the other, Both gov. !
ernments are in false position
The French have been again defeated
in Algiers, by Abdel>Kader.
An Interesting Question.
One hundred and finy>eight German