The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-02
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ID Iron our regular correspondent .
le NEw foRk, January 81, 1886.
y his has been very busy day among the me
% chahts, as II IL packet day for the Hibernia. n
Is southern mail due al about 2 D. m, did not arri,
J. h some minutes past 8, which caused some deiel
lion N The departure Of the Boston boat which ge
uay leaves al 4, p. m, I'LL 6, D. m SO that tin
4 might be SLOWED TO assert the southern mail an
n Io'ward letters and papers intended for the Hide
o mas mail 20 Boston.
There was dense fog produced by the thaw res
ing over the city last night which remained to al
G North and East rivers, suspendins 10 som. eve,
{ regular navigation. The Consequence was that "A,
= Boston and New Haven boats which usually ar,iy
or 8, a. m, did not reach the city ill about hall
: past s, p. m. Late this afternoon a cold win
sprung up from the northwest and blew off m
"inhy ioS The thick weather became snddenl
eo'd and braeing beneath bright new moon. prou,
: ising a clear and cold day for tomorrow
In gancing over the Boston papers, see the A,
as OF the 18th inst. publishes an article from, IN
: Lonaon Athenxum, In relation 10 the second yolum
OF M d. de Mofrss's work Just published in Euro,
under the following imposing tile. "Suryey of M,
oregon Territory, Of the two CALIFORNIA; and o
the Gun OF California, during the wears 1910 ,4I
ana ~, (ErpioraiiOn de TsritOrs De POyegon, } by
vi, Dnhot de Mofras attache Of the French Legation
al Mexico; published by order Of the King, Goui.
rhPpe,) under the Auspices of Marshal Soult:, vol
IL, Paris; Bertrand
| You will probably recoect that called your at
| snlon, some months since, 10 the first volume of
This author, and predicted, by the tone and senti.
ments expressed In Il, the probable views he would
Jake IN reference TO the United States claim 10 Ore
gon. | augured that result from his abuse Of re-
publican institutions, and his gross blunders with
| regard TO the causes Of Mexican anarchy and mis-
rule, atributing them to the principles Of republic
canlsm. As then stated, this minion of court IA
vor was ordered TO the survey by the King Of
q - IT-- Z
are little else) before the world under the approval
aud sanction OF royalty. He has, with the most
oonsumaie sang troid, declared, in this second vol
umo, that the United States have not one particle of
claim TO an inch ofOregonl! lie says, that the on
y two parties who ever held claim 10 The country
were SPAN and Great Britain; and that, by some
means, the latter at present. il the rightful claimant
OF the whole! He says, all title TO Oregon rpepds
upon discoveries and treaties; that if a nation dis
covers coast, the country some extent in the in
terror can be claimed; and that if a nation discover
the mouth OF a river, the country watered by that
nyer becomes her territory But TO perfect the tite
OF discovery, settlement must follow in a Teasona-
ble length OF time; bat, IL this be neglected and an
other nation step in and settle IT, she becomes the
legal claimant And, says this author, as Spain neg
lected settlement, the English accomplished it by
The insirumenalIty of the Hudson Bay agents and
that prior to the transfer Of her claims To the United
States; not considering that the marching OF fur
trappers and traders through il was not valid set
Element, and was only allowed or permitted under
an express treaty with Spain.
Tour columns are too valuable TO allow me IN
follow this disingenuous Frenchman further, or 10
notice the comments Of the English reviewer who
attempts TO bolster up his absurd arguments will
refer your readers directly to the article in the Al
las, or TO the book ITSELF il IL can be had in this
country. IL may be that some copies have reached
the u State's M. de Morfras, however, states one
circumslanee..or rather, should say, the Ensli.h
ain adverting TO the future destines Of California,
il should not be forgotten that the Russians have
long had an establishment the coast, between the
3Sth and Both degrees. II is called Fort Ross and
is said to be in very Aourishng state. As they
settled there with the full concurrence Of Ferdinand
they not likely to remove at the bidding Of either
Mexico or the United States. The rest Of the coun-
try, we have no doubt will soon be annexed"
The declaration of M. dc Mofras, in reference to
the Oregon dispute, is contained in the following
words
"lf we were now required to give an opinion on |
this important question, (the sovereignty of Ore |
gon,) we could not with all our good wishes to- |
wards the United States, and all our deep aversion
10 the ambitious policy Of England, be prevented |
from acknowledging, that on this occasion, both |
reason and justice on her side-that she has an
absolute and exclusive right to the possession of the
whole territory in dispute. This opinion, no doubt
will expose us to violent censure; but it is founded
on thorough conviction, and results less from our
exploration Of the Oregon, than from the serious
examination and study Of the treaties, conventions
and documents of every kind relating to the sub
iect" |
After on assertion OF this kind, made and pub |
lished under the authority Of the King presume |
Americans would hardly consider Louis Philippe
an impartial umpire in this dispute. M. de Mo- |
fras declares that a single sloop-ef-war, with t,po
hundred men, could make a conquest Of Upper Cal.
ifornia! The AthenHum repeats the old story, that
in 1885, we offered s5,O0O,OOO for California, &C.
The whole article is worth reading l!
Nears from Europs.-The Massachusetts propeller, |
with IL days later news has cow been out about
1G days. ..-. |
A Mr.. Cunningham, an inspector in the Boston |
custom house was nearly killed by q fall on We'd
nesday last, breaking his arms and wrist in his de-
scent. &c.. |
The Boston market exhibited no material change |
since my last report, |
Cotton remained firm at quotations given yester.
Tobacco, Kentucky, was quoted at 81 a Z. |
Flour, Baltimore city mills IS SO; Howard street,
IS 62; Richmond county, S5 so; Genesee, IS So
a IS 81; western, IS 37s IS IS. Whskey,
Rice, a., and AZ cents. F. n-oans % a % cents. |
700 bales of cotton sold to day no change in prices
The sales Of he week amount to about 1000 bales
Upland sss and md. Flor M0', sss ,s ss,! n O.
Ordinary to good ordinary, a a ~ aa6tc'
Midng to good middlng, u = G. otaI
n nu'' p ~ % rood fair II a " O. 81 9I C.
Fine, hV"'' O'
Five hundred barrels Genesee -four sold to-day at
As SCI, and about 900 western, Michigan, Ohio,
&c. at As So The sales Of the week are estimated
at about 90 900 barrels.
Indian corn was quiet to-day. heard of no trans
actions of moment Wheat was also quiet.
About 900 boxes Of manufactured tobacco have
been sold this week at prices not fully explained II
was sold for export to Cadiz. Sales OF ieei In
hoasheads to a moderate extent have also been
made. Sugar and molasses without change. The
market, however, is firm. Within day or two,
ahou, 600 hogsheads have been sold at s. and g.